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The family showed shire horses, he said, which his son was passionate about.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Sammy the shire horse had recently lost her own foal when the thoroughbreds, whose own mothers had died, were brought into her care.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2023
More recently, his works have also provided a fertile shire for nationalists who see themselves in his heroic archetypes.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2022
“If we could get five new families to the shire, for us that would be a massive success,” Hancock said Thursday.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
At least eighteen hands high, but not thick in the way of shire or draft horses.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
The 1,200 constituents who showed up for his forum — residents of Hollywood, Burbank, Silver Lake — are terrified of what’s been wrought by the faraway shires of Oshkosh, Grand Rapids, Erie and Dayton.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2017
The Anglo-Saxon shires were designated counties - the Saxon sheriff often replaced by a Norman count.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2014
And thanks to the more than 100,000 jobs the oil industry generates in Aberdeen and its surroundings, unemployment in the city and neighboring shires is less than half the 7.8 percent national average.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2013
Railing at wind farms from his perch in his favorite pub in the Kent countryside, Farage tries to articulate the fading voice of the English shires.
From Newsweek ● Mar. 11, 2013
"Capping all non-subscribers is pretty generally resorted to, this season, not only in the shires, but also with provincial packs."
From Mr. Punch in the Hunting Field by Various
