hoof
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Foot-and-mouth causes fever and blisters near the hoof and in the mouth that prevent animals from feeding, as seen in the emaciated survivors.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
House calls for hoof trims or tusk care can cost hundreds of dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
Intense work schedules covering the 2008 banking crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in too many cakes and treats grabbed on the hoof.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026
The tips of each of the three hind toes were enclosed in a wedge-shaped hoof with a flat underside, similar to that of a horse.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2025
I hand her the five and start to hoof it over to Montego's, with time before the audition all but running out.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
She knows she can nail this role and she really hoofs it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
“There are scenes with galloping horses in the film, and the sound of the hoofs will match the rhythm of the music,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2024
They’ve already had a decent penalty appeal turned down and now they had a free-kick right on the edge of the D. Tom Lawrence hoofs it straight into the wall.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2022
From the top of the shoulders to their hoofs, the early horses averaged less than 4 feet 10.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 14, 2022
The fall of the hoofs sounded loud in the still, foggy air.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
The horses are characterised by their "large size, long legs, well-developed musculature, slender and elegant head -- set on a long, straight neck -- expressive eyes, high withers and sturdy hooves," he added.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
That sound of hooves isn't retreating reindeer, but advancing Red Bulls.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
Nothing could have provided a more suitable host than an area of prairie where native grasses had been scythed away and the ground torn up by metal ploughshares and the hooves of a farmer’s horses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
This city may be small, but in 1926 it became immortal, the place where a fiesta, thundering hooves, and a novel collided to shape modern legend.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
The deer were fauns who bowed to her over their hooves.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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