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stirrup

[stur-uhp, stir-, stuhr-] / ˈstɜr əp, ˈstɪr-, ˈstʌr- /


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But one boot has slipped from its stirrup.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

A safety stirrup, which creates a step out of a leash, may be helpful.

From Seattle Times Aug. 8, 2022

The aptly named stapes looks very much like a stirrup.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

The saddle had to be the 1885 McClellan style, and the flag anchor in the rider’s right stirrup from 1904.

From Washington Post May 27, 2021

My foot slipped through a stirrup up to my calf.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

It bears traces of red paint with black trim and includes two leather straps that likely once supported stirrups.

From Science Daily Dec. 12, 2023

Her clinic has three patient beds and a birthing room with a bare mattress, stirrups and a single IV pole.

From Salon Feb. 27, 2023

One piece, a more than 150-year-old Native American women’s saddle from the Crow tribe, features elaborate beadwork on the stirrups and around the seat.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 16, 2022

For the biopsy, she was placed in stirrups and given a spinal epidural to numb the area.

From New York Times Oct. 17, 2022

Because everyone wants to be there, horses usually bunch up by the rail, so closely that hips and shoulders rub and stirrups clink off each other, making maneuvering difficult or impossible.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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