pony
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He’s a one-trick pony: “Sir, she said. Sir.”
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
“I still have anxieties, but tending to the aging animals keeps me from obsessing over things that don’t matter. My pony, Cliff, is 38. Every day I have with him is a gift. It’s grounding.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
But will customers pony up for the upscale grocer’s newest offering, a $12 cup of “Sacred Water”?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
Coors is credited with introducing the first aluminum-can pony in the late 1950s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Ms. Pfister’s pony ears folded back in the way of any angry horse.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
They intend to lean heavily on their starting pitchers in an age when they have been transformed from workhorses into show ponies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
He once told a lobbyist who raised quarter horses that he owned a herd of polo ponies, just to one-up him.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Growing up around horses and with his father a jockey, the singer said he loved ponies and eventually started riding racehorses at 14 years old.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
In South Bank, we see a group of teenagers tend three ponies tethered on the grass.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
A plain lunch box with no ponies or rainbows.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
Few states have ponied up the millions to switch to the chip electronic benefit transfer, or EBT, cards that distribute welfare funds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Because by the time you have ponied up for a replica jersey, a ticket for the 12-minute journey to the Meadowlands on NJ Transit and a 22 oz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
The two-time defending World Series champions ponied up a combined $309 million to sign two free agents, world-class closer Edwin Díaz and four-time All-Star corner outfielder Kyle Tucker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
“College sports are basically pro sports teams now,” Neirotti said of the money being ponied up to recruit and retain players.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 24, 2026
They all ponied up promptly, though, and paid their outs, like true-born English ladies.”
From Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance by Charles Carleton Coffin
In their 2021 book Peril, Bob Woodward and Robert Costa uncover a broader angle on Graham’s ponying up to power.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
Hawk estimated he is saving 80% by buying tickets for a potential game in Oklahoma City instead of ponying up for seats at Madison Square Garden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Some of those billionaires are also ponying up to defeat the measure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving to all those air travelers ponying up a small fortune to visit your family.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2024
“Or if you turn into one of those girlfriends, always ponying around after her boyfriend, and speaking in the first-person plural. ‘We love the winter.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
