horse

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The homophonic novels share other likenesses: Both center on estranged sisters, both are set against a backdrop of political unrest and both feature the unlikely appearance of a horse.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

He was like a horse down at the starting stalls.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Historically, children’s movies have been no stranger to death—Bambi’s mother got shot by a hunter in the eponymous 1942 Disney classic, and the horse Artax sunk in 1984’s “The NeverEnding Story.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

It reminds me of the old joke about the guy in the Wild West who, before he was hanged for horse stealing, said “This will be a real lesson to me,” mournfully, from the scaffold.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

He flew straight into a painting of a glum man on a glummer horse, put a claw through the man’s nose, and dropped to the windowsill, peeping in pain and fear.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell