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Just saying it once feels like I’m beating a dead horse.

From The Wall Street Journal May 23, 2026

“I think you would like to have those players playing in an ideal world, but I feel like we’re sort of beating a dead horse in this media room a little bit,” he said.

From Seattle Times Mar. 13, 2024

The dead horse was found by a citizen in Hempstead, about 50 miles northwest of Houston, at around 8:30 a.m.

From Washington Times Nov. 24, 2023

But it relies on shifting the focus from beating the dead horse of individual responsibility to setting up Americans for success by designing their environment for health.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2023

In truth, a dead horse fell on us.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith




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