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Recent Examples of bridle pathShe was discovered on the bridle path by a motorist who got her to Illinois Central Hospital, where she was found to be uninjured.—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2023 The scenic nine-mile Ojai Valley Trail offers a paved side for bicyclists, joggers, and walkers, with a dirt bridle path for horseback riding running alongside it.—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2023 While the main trail is paved from point to point, there’s an eight-mile unpaved alternate trail that starts just south of the Skokie Lagoons following an old dirt bridle path.—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2022 Known as the Fens Pond Bridge, the old bridle path once marked the edge of Boston, a city Frederick Law Olmsted, more than a century in the grave, continues to shape.—Malcolm Gay, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2022 Gossip columnist Hedda Hopper later reported that Byron was flying in a helicopter when he got caught in a downdraft, forcing him to land on a bridle path where Ms. Mimieux was horseback riding.—Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2022 Its situation at the intersection of San Pedro and Basse was considered ideal for its proximity to Olmos Park, Fort Sam Houston and Brackenridge Park, to which it was supposed to be connected by bridle paths.—Paula Allen, ExpressNews.com, 22 June 2019 Down bridle paths, ancient roads, walkways and thruways.—Peter Rock, New York Times, 15 May 2018
First Street was essentially a four-lane highway, which meant that downtown had become a place to pass through, rather than a destination.
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Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
4 June 2026
Drivers can once again embark on the state’s most famous road trip, covering the 100 miles between Cambria to the south and Carmel to the north without leaving the two-lane coastal highway.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
Wilson won its seventh girls team title and fourth in a row, tying the record set by Moore League rival Long Beach Poly from 2008-11.
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Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
The row between crypto companies and banks came down to whether those offering stablecoin accounts should be able to pay interest on deposits like traditional bank accounts, with banking groups warning that the stability of the financial system could be undermined as people move their money.
Garbage piles now choke nearly every Havana street corner, filling neighborhoods with stench, flies and rats as residents navigate improvised dumps outside homes, hospitals and busy thoroughfares.
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Andrea Rodríguez,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
Today’s avant-gardistes are opening new addresses along rue Jean de La Fontaine, Auteuil’s main thoroughfare, that are helping reinvigorate the village while keeping its history and tradition close.
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Mary Winston Nicklin,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
Places like Saba, a tiny Dutch Caribbean island with no beaches, no cruise ports, and the world’s shortest commercial runway—just 400 meters long.
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AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 May 2026
Today’s new wave of halter tops feels grown-up and refined, reimagined in sleek, streamlined shapes that have become fixtures everywhere from the runway to the red carpet — and across the vacation wardrobes defining Euro-summer style.