man on horseback
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Advocates have also come across images of yellow and black coasters showing a man on horseback with his reins in the air, chasing a family of three.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2022
During his second term as president, Jefferson was said to have run into a man on horseback near Monticello who proceeded to engage him in a lengthy complaint of everything wrong in Washington.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2022
A man on horseback rode by on a roadcut in the bluff above us, a rifle strapped to his shoulder.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2022
“That’s why Nietzsche said if you want to be a man on horseback, forget history, because it’ll stifle you—you’ll get full of doubts.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2018
After a career of galloping to hounds, and a historic reputation as America's premier man on horseback, he was never able to hold his seat in the saddle with the same confidence.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
