horn
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"The bison hooked him with his left horn on his hip and tossed him in the air," Mike Macleod, who recorded the incident, told the Cowboy State Daily, a local paper.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
AFP reviewed examples offering everything from chimpanzees intended as pets to rhino horn for traditional medicine and pangolins for consumption.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Two weeks after Good’s murder, he drove around his neighborhood honking his horn to alert his community to ICE’s presence.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
It’s hard to see anyone but the most rabid Wings fan interested in, say, guitarist Laurence Juber’s amp or similar artifacts from the horn section, but on the other hand, this is a Wings retrospective.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
As they started across the clearing, Torak remembered the medicine horn left behind in the shelter, and ran back for it.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
The bone has short projections extending outward that resemble horns, and it lacks a ventral median groove.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
Percussion underneath, horns above, their rendition of “Tequila!” with a ska spirit.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
Here soaring horns sit atop dripping, spattered masses, the high polish and sharp points of the parabolic shapes complementing the curvaceous, organically decorated bases below.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Dean’s set was full of classic stuff — pastel-hued horns, bossa nova piano, winking choreo from her full-suited backing band.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
That’s when you see his glittering horns and his bloodshot red eye.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Bayouth said from her Silver Lake studio, turning over a horned cat figure smaller than a strawberry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Tom Berendsen, managing director of production company Business/Club, this year made a Super Bowl advert for Skittles starring Elijah Wood, surreally, as a magical horned woodland creature.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Triceratops and other horned dinosaurs had exceptionally large nasal cavities compared to most animals.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 22, 2026
The coinage is a nod to Brünnhilde, a soprano role stereotypically portrayed as a robust figure in a horned helmet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
There was a horned toad standing on its hind legs, like Seed Collector.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
The New York Times has long been horning in on what was once the Voice’s exclusive turf.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
Using a device to achieve the same effect was unfairly horning in on AT&T property.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
He left behind a celebrated quote: “The trouble with boxing today is that legitimate businessmen are horning in on our game.”
From The Guardian ● May 22, 2015
His talent for horning in on history did not fail him.
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2013
“That’s my lucky spot. Don’t even think about horning in.”
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
