stirrup
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At the farm, he leaves a foot between rows of Allium to allow for easy weeding with the six-inch blade of a stirrup hoe.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
The stitching stiffened the shaft, while the smooth sole and high heel let the foot slide easily into the stirrup and remain there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2018
Kelly Forman said she became a recluse after suffering a spinal injury and brain damage in a June 2011 fall after Mark Henkin fitted her horse with a defective stirrup.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2018
Graham learned how to become a stirrup connoisseur when he met Sean Gilmartin during spring trainings in the Atlanta Braves’ farm system.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2016
Samuel lifted down his saddle from the big nail where it hung by one wooden stirrup and swung it over the broad back.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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"Ultimately, technology emerging from Mongolia has, through a domino effect, ended up shaping the horse culture that we have in America today, especially our traditions of saddlery and stirrups," Taylor said.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 12, 2023
Berman put on an operating gown, lay on a table and put her feet in the stirrups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 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
For the biopsy, she was placed in stirrups and given a spinal epidural to numb the area.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2022
Nervously Dany gathered the reins in her hands and slid her feet into the short stirrups.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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