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Just saying it once feels like I’m beating a dead horse.

From The Wall Street Journal May 23, 2026

As late as 10 p.m., the dead horse was left uncovered on the carpool lane on the 605.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 3, 2024

“I think you would like to have those players playing in an ideal world, but I feel like we’re sort of beating a dead horse in this media room a little bit,” he said.

From Seattle Times Mar. 13, 2024

The dead horse was found by a citizen in Hempstead, about 50 miles northwest of Houston, at around 8:30 a.m.

From Washington Times Nov. 24, 2023

So the entire story came to my father because a dead horse fell one hundred sideways miles and broke my back.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith




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