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Recent Examples of packhorse
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Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 16 July 2024
In 1811 Charles’s 21-year-old father loaded a white stallion and a packhorse with baskets of Champagne and set off for Moscow, nearly 2,000 miles away.
—Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2021
The jeep came into being in 1940, born of a need for a new breed of mechanized packhorse that could carry men and messages to the front lines with speed and agility and not necessarily with the benefit of roads.
—Murray Rubenstein, Popular Mechanics, 21 Oct. 2020
Foot and packhorse traffic through the pass peaked around A.D. 1000, in the Viking Age, when mobility and trade were at a height in Europe, the researchers write.
—Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2020
The packhorse was Witt—the same kid who was spotted after his team’s state semifinal win in June picking up trash in the dugout.
—Joan Niesen, SI.com, 10 July 2019
Ted DeGrazia rode into the Superstition Mountains, a string of packhorses in tow.
—Ron Dungan, azcentral, 16 Jan. 2016
Unlike many New Deal projects, the packhorse plan required help from locals.
—Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian, 21 June 2017
The Department of Justice countersued, producing evidence dating back more than a century showing that the public and the government consistently used the trail for packhorses and hike-ins.
—Monte Reel, Bloomberg.com, 27 Oct. 2017
Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 16 July 2024
In 1811 Charles’s 21-year-old father loaded a white stallion and a packhorse with baskets of Champagne and set off for Moscow, nearly 2,000 miles away.
—Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2021
The jeep came into being in 1940, born of a need for a new breed of mechanized packhorse that could carry men and messages to the front lines with speed and agility and not necessarily with the benefit of roads.
—Murray Rubenstein, Popular Mechanics, 21 Oct. 2020
Foot and packhorse traffic through the pass peaked around A.D. 1000, in the Viking Age, when mobility and trade were at a height in Europe, the researchers write.
—Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2020
The packhorse was Witt—the same kid who was spotted after his team’s state semifinal win in June picking up trash in the dugout.
—Joan Niesen, SI.com, 10 July 2019
Ted DeGrazia rode into the Superstition Mountains, a string of packhorses in tow.
—Ron Dungan, azcentral, 16 Jan. 2016
Unlike many New Deal projects, the packhorse plan required help from locals.
—Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian, 21 June 2017
The Department of Justice countersued, producing evidence dating back more than a century showing that the public and the government consistently used the trail for packhorses and hike-ins.
—Monte Reel, Bloomberg.com, 27 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for packhorse
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The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, that warhorse of English traditionalism, is mentioned six times, and his plangent music—invoking a lost, idyllic England; a greener, more pleasant land—could easily be the novel’s soundtrack.Charles McGrath, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
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At 33, Watt is young enough not to be tired of even the most familiar rock radio warhorses.Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
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Currently, guests can save up to 30% on longer stays of two nights or more, with additional long-stay perks including a complimentary golf clinic, a complimentary yoga session, and access to tennis, squash, and pickleball court, the children's village, and the pony park.Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2024
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Grande completed the look with her signature pony tail, a shimmering, choker-style necklace and black square-toed pumps.Maggie Clancy, WWD, 3 Dec. 2024
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One other factor is that there will likely be fewer deaths because the foal crop is in serious decline, meaning fewer racehorses.John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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Among this group of donors are CEOs, lawyers and racehorse owners.Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 28 Oct. 2024
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More than 1 million trotters will participate in those races.John Bacon, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
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The news comes hot on the trotters of social media sensation Moo Deng at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand earlier this year.Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
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Composite full fenders help keep splashes at bay, there are mounts for front and rear accessories, and a kickstand for parking ease.Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 6 Dec. 2024
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Chaos mounts as day turns into night in the hours before Christmas.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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After Seattle scored a fourth-quarter touchdown following a Jacobs fumble, the Packers returned to their workhorse running back before Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love connected with Doubs in the end zone again to put the game away.Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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Spring for the Ferrari of pasta machines instead, a small but mighty workhorse kitted out in cherry red and silver chrome.Sophie Dodd, Bon Appétit, 11 Dec. 2024
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Acceptable modes of transit include a 1969 Mini Cooper, any model of Range Rover that Prince Philip once drove, or a hackney carriage.Simon Webster, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023
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Feinberg is still driving under the same hackney carriage medallion that he was issued in 1975, according to police.Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2018
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Ware’s uncle, Carlos Pedraza, said the horse is a quarter horse.Tiffani Arnold, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2024
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The death toll over a serious equine virus at Los Alamitos grew to 12, with five more horses euthanized after an outbreak of equine infectious anemia (EIA) in the barn of quarter horse hall of fame trainer Heath Taylor.John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Packhorse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/packhorse. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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