horse
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The Peebles Hoard includes a complete horse harness discovered by Stepien.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
A horse pulling a carriage passes a church in Baracoa, on Cuba’s eastern tip.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Meanwhile, another potential dark horse, Bella Ramsey, revealed they had been playing a version of The Traitors since they were 10 years old, even hosting events at home - so should be well-prepared.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Alongside scenes that feature car wheels, sports jerseys and horse racing, he’s created rich still lifes with Hispanic household staples like Goya cans, Coco Rico soda and bottles of Fabuloso.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
We were standing in the driveway of the manse waiting for the horse and cart, which Made still regarded as the only dependable conveyance when there was a train to be caught.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
In the 1770s, Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza led an expedition of settlers into what would later become California, bringing donkeys and horses with him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The home features a resort-style pool and a farm with horses and other animals.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
The Tesla CEO often says human-driven cars will become like horses today—largely ridden for fun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Denise Lee, from Ashington, West Sussex, had loved horses since childhood and volunteered with the Riding for the Disabled Association but her cancer diagnosis meant she could no longer ride.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The horses didn’t understand what was going on, but were happy their people were happy.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
They horsed through the phases, giving everything but getting nothing.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
They shaved outside, cooked barbecues, horsed around on the bus to the games.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 26, 2020
It would be a family drama, Trojan horsed as a horror movie.
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2019
They horsed around, tossing and fetching each other’s sticks.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2015
The little ones horsed around in the back, teasing, wrestling, tickling, quarreling and laughing, while Dicey studied the map.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
One boy and 48 girls, from first-graders to teenagers, competed in a hobby horsing competition in St. Petersburg, Russia.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
In between spurts of dancing and horsing around, the girls hustled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
"I was always in trouble for horsing around . . . acting came second nature to me."
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2022
Think of Eddie Van Halen and Chet Atkins horsing around on the fretboard, or Young Thug rapping in helium hi-def, or Janet Jackson punctuating an immaculate melody with laughter.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2022
She wants them to know that there is nothing to fear, she wants to offer up a pale white woman horsing with the language to show them it’s fine to mess it all up.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
