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Recent Examples of quarter horse
Riding through the festival crowd on horseback to her Saturday evening set on the Great Northern Stage, Ferrell hopped off the quarter horse, immediately strapped on an acoustic guitar and went right into a jam with her band.
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Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2024
Dixon-Simmons and her quarter horse, Penny, took the mail on its last leg from the Discovery Park and arrived in Old Sacramento at 4:27 p.m., completing her 34th year with the National Pony Express Association.
—Vincent Medina, Sacramento Bee, 28 June 2024
Some 20 other quarter horses, along with a donkey and pig, roamed the pens behind the barn and arena.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2024
Horse cavalries: The lineup of horses in this year’s parade will include quarter horses carrying a platoon-sized unit of soldiers, the world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales and pinto American Saddlebreds drawing a medieval carriage and its riders.
—Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2024
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Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2024
Dixon-Simmons and her quarter horse, Penny, took the mail on its last leg from the Discovery Park and arrived in Old Sacramento at 4:27 p.m., completing her 34th year with the National Pony Express Association.
—Vincent Medina, Sacramento Bee, 28 June 2024
Some 20 other quarter horses, along with a donkey and pig, roamed the pens behind the barn and arena.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2024
Horse cavalries: The lineup of horses in this year’s parade will include quarter horses carrying a platoon-sized unit of soldiers, the world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales and pinto American Saddlebreds drawing a medieval carriage and its riders.
—Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarter horse
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Mackinac Island Carriage Tours, private livery tours, drive-yourself carriages and saddle horses will still be available but will have alternate routes to avoid the Arch Rock.Jasmin Barmore, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2023
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The Devil was a saddle horse ridden by Maj.Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2021
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Her competitive spirit prompted her to try her hand in various events throughout North Texas, including an equestrian and cutting horse competition in January, the Dallas Observer reports.Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 2 May 2024
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The supermodel competed in a few cutting horse events earlier this year, pocketing over $13,000 in winnings.Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 July 2024
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Even as the misfortune mounts, the 13-2 Lions are road favorites against the 6-9 San Francisco 49ers, who have endured a harrowing injury streak of their own.Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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These horses ran wild on the barrier islands of the Lowcountry, frequently rounded up and used for dependable mounts and agricultural needs by local farmers.Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
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There was also time for a long walk among the property, passing horses, goats, and ponies, swimming in the lagoon-style pool, and soaking in the onsen.Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2024
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Take a tethered hot air balloon ride, watch the ponies or duel a knight this weekend.Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 21 Nov. 2024
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The racehorse owners seek at least $3 million dollars in compensation, as well as additional compensation for punitive damages.Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 6 Nov. 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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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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Gi-hun relays some other hacks, including to hide behind others/out of view of the doll’s camera lenses, and as a result, a significant amount of players survive.Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 26 Dec. 2024
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Plus, use our hack for placing tinsel on your tree to make next year's cleanup a breeze.Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Dec. 2024
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Osprey Poco Plus Child Carrier for $240 ($80 off) Parent or packhorse?Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 16 July 2024
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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
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“Quarter horse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarter%20horse. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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