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stirrup

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


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Then, while trying to put my feet into these stirrup things like I was about to give birth, I fell off the machine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

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

I loved stirrup pants with booties so the stirrup didn't show, and over sized sweaters.

From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2018

First aid supplies, stacks of metal helmets, and stirrup pumps with fire hoses.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

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

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

Mary swiftly threw her bridle and stirrups over his back, excusing herself for being clumsy, and mounted at once.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman


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