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Recent Examples of bridle path
She was discovered on the bridle path by a motorist who got her to Illinois Central Hospital, where she was found to be uninjured.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bridle path
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On the streets of Saigon, there was widespread looting.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Four people were wounded after someone opened fire during a street takeover in the San Gabriel Valley, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Pittsburgh Regional Transit Officials are urging people attending the draft and going to Pittsburgh to use public transit with major road closures and traffic restrictions that will be in place throughout the three-day event.—
Mike Darnay,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Anaheim has an 18-20-2 record in road games and a 42-33-6 record overall.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The company points to advanced monitoring technology, including a fleet of gas‑sniffing vehicles that survey pipelines from roadways.—
Lexi Salazar,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Several callers told dispatchers that a motorcycle and a vehicle collided, throwing the motorcyclist from the bike and into the roadway, police said.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
14 Apr. 2026
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The poor design of that route was a key factor in the crash along with air traffic controllers relying too much on pilots seeing and avoiding other aircraft.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Tennessee used him frequently on deep crossers and vertical routes, where his stride length and tracking ability popped.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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The Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management said Thursday that there's a lane restriction in one eastbound lane of Grays Ferry Avenue as crews clear debris, but the westbound lanes are fully open.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The westbound left lane of the highway was closed for medical staging, while the westbound right lane remained open and was moving slowly.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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Facing elimination, the Magic steamrolled the Hornets and clinched their spot in the NBA Playoffs for the third year in a row.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 Apr. 2026
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It is surrounded by a chain-link fence and sits across from a row of two-story stucco homes.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said the attacks Thursday hit near the town’s industrial zone and outside a supermarket along Nabih Berri Avenue, a main thoroughfare lined with shops and residential buildings.—
Yarden Segev,
NBC news,
16 Apr. 2026
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The 44-year-old father from Honduras felt like his head was on a swivel, greeting the handful of shoppers that approached while also scanning the busy thoroughfare behind him.—
Wendi C. Thomas,
ProPublica,
15 Apr. 2026
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Gabbana, 63, took his customary bow at the fashion house's last runway show in February, flanked by Dolce, with the designers' longtime muse pop superstar Madonna, as a front-row guest.—
Reuters,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
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The plane crashed about a half-mile from the runway, Charlotte Observer news partner WSOC reported.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Bridle path.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bridle%20path. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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