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
Amazon.com, Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta Platforms, and Oracle are expected to pony up more than $1.1 trillion in 2027, up from $650 billion this year.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
“He sure is a beauty,” I said, “but I wanted the paint. I’ve always wanted a paint pony, but I don’t want one that’s crippled.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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The post was spotted by Kerry Saunders, from Ashington, who offered to bring two Shetland ponies to the hospice.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 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
Deep in a braiding craze, the children can’t resist braiding everything in sight: hair, shoelaces, even the tails of the classroom’s toy ponies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
And before all you horse lovers come at me, I know ponies are capable of affection and friskiness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
His mind had been shaped by the prairies and ranges, and until the day he died, he would make order of the world with lessons learned from cow ponies, jagged land, and wide-open sky.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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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
I even ponied up for a pay-per-view a few years back to see Mayweather spend eight rounds gently caressing Jake’s overmatched older brother, Logan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 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
Despite my shoddy work ethic, and despite the fact that I’d still ponied up only $17, Cathy remained warm and supportive.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2025
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
Some of those billionaires are also ponying up to defeat the measure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
Many chastised me for not ponying up for an at-home fast charger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 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
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