horse
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A horse pulling a carriage passes a church in Baracoa, on Cuba’s eastern tip.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
A lifelong horse lover was able to spend time with two ponies in the final days of her life after a community appeal helped arrange a surprise hospice visit.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Alongside scenes that feature car wheels, sports jerseys and horse racing, he’s created rich still lifes with Hispanic household staples like Goya cans, Coco Rico soda and bottles of Fabuloso.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Known as the "Plain People" for the simple clothes they wear, the Amish are a devout Christian community that does not use many forms of technology, relying on horse and buggies instead of cars.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
We scrambled away as Cunningham turned his horse and splashed through the water, riding back the way he had come.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
Also offered: a straw maze, pumpkin decorating, a petting zoo, giant rocking horses, slides and more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Denise Lee, from Ashington, West Sussex, had loved horses since childhood and volunteered with the Riding for the Disabled Association but her cancer diagnosis meant she could no longer ride.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The ships, loaded with horses, men and a giant cask of wine, recede to the horizon of the Channel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
He once told a lobbyist who raised quarter horses that he owned a herd of polo ponies, just to one-up him.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
“The horses are better off on their own,” he told Akira.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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
She began attending her older brother’s ice hockey games in Maryland not long after she was born and would watch, fascinated, from a young age while other siblings horsed around.
From Washington Post ● May 23, 2019
The boys horsed around with a sapling, pulling on its branches and laughing in the sunlight.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2018
The little ones horsed around in the back, teasing, wrestling, tickling, quarreling and laughing, while Dicey studied the map.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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
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
The Ontario women are horsing around — bumping hips, bopping up and down on the ice, celebrating raucously when they score.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2022
We were drenched from horsing around in the crick and stepping in holes we couldn’t see.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
