stirrup
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Then, while trying to put my feet into these stirrup things like I was about to give birth, I fell off the machine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
A safety stirrup, which creates a step out of a leash, may be helpful.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2022
The saddle had to be the 1885 McClellan style, and the flag anchor in the rider’s right stirrup from 1904.
From Washington Post ● May 27, 2021
I loved stirrup pants with booties so the stirrup didn't show, and over sized sweaters.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2018
First aid supplies, stacks of metal helmets, and stirrup pumps with fire hoses.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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It bears traces of red paint with black trim and includes two leather straps that likely once supported stirrups.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 12, 2023
Berman put on an operating gown, lay on a table and put her feet in the stirrups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
Her clinic has three patient beds and a birthing room with a bare mattress, stirrups and a single IV pole.
From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2023
For the biopsy, she was placed in stirrups and given a spinal epidural to numb the area.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2022
Mary swiftly threw her bridle and stirrups over his back, excusing herself for being clumsy, and mounted at once.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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