stirrup
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A safety stirrup, which creates a step out of a leash, may be helpful.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 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
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
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
My foot slipped through a stirrup up to my calf.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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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
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
Her handmaid Irri and the young archers of her khas were fluid as Centaurs, but Viserys still struggled with the short stirrups and the flat saddle.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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