horse
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Another social media user called it "pure handmade" and the biggest "dark horse" of the summer movie season.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
“I took off on a horse at 11 years old when my daddy bought me my first one,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Through the diner’s large front-facing windows, we watched a cowboy mosey past on his horse, checking out the variety of vehicles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Such entrepreneurial packaging serves as a Trojan horse for scammers wanting to set up shop without drawing unwanted attention – and allows them to perpetrate their fraud more effectively.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
A double-harnessed horse and wagon with a mother, father, and four kids stops.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Ungulates are hoofed mammals, although many extinct South American forms looked very different from familiar animals such as horses and deer.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
"Points to consider include how do you define a pet - does the policy just cover cats and dogs or would hamsters, rabbits, goldfish, horses, snakes, or other animals be included?"
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Okanagan also has a lot of horses that residents have been struggling to evacuate.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The Thoroughbred Championship Series will feature a points system, with horses who compete in at least four races eligible to share a $5-million bonus pool that will pay down to the top eight finishers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Gran told me a story of turning mice into horses and a pumpkin into a golden coach.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
They horsed through the phases, giving everything but getting nothing.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
They shaved outside, cooked barbecues, horsed around on the bus to the games.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 26, 2020
The boys horsed around with a sapling, pulling on its branches and laughing in the sunlight.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2018
They horsed around, tossing and fetching each other’s sticks.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2015
It was a good deed; but the Rider was soon horsed again.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
If you’re unfamiliar with hobby horsing, it’s a sport originating from Finland that’s growing in popularity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
One boy and 48 girls, from first-graders to teenagers, competed in a hobby horsing competition in St. Petersburg, Russia.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
A group of older kids were horsing around and shoving each other into the pool.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2023
"I was always in trouble for horsing around . . . acting came second nature to me."
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2022
This evening will be the music contest as well as the visual arts contest, so a lot of kids have guitars and the people in bands are all horsing around, psyching themselves up.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
