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Recent Examples of cantle
Among the machinery are some pieces of equipment that cannot be found anywhere else, such as the cantle disher, which was used to shape the rear part of each saddletree.
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Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 11 July 2024
Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 11 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cantle
Noun
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Rourke himself approached the street at this hour in suave array and manic tatters.—
Kevin Barry,
Harper's Magazine,
2 July 2024
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Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays, experienced significant damage in the storm, with the stadium’s roof being ripped to tatters.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
10 Oct. 2024
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Microplastics are fragments of plastic measuring less than five millimeters long—some may be the size of a pencil eraser, while others are several times smaller than the width of a human hair.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Mar. 2025
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The fragment, discovered in 2022, was first reported in the journal Nature on Wednesday with new details.—
Evan Bush,
NBC News,
12 Mar. 2025
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Mazzoli created a lush score that was alternately sweeping or intimate, sensuous or mystical, yet with a distinctive sound that was her own weaving a thread through the piece.—
Janelle Gelfand,
Cincinnati.com,
19 July 2017
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This is why the war stories of Tom Clancy are such convincing and moving pieces of fiction.—
Janine Barchas,
Washington Post,
18 July 2017
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To leverage this competitive advantage fully, businesses must prioritize funding women-founded AI startups, which currently receive only a fraction of venture capital investment despite often delivering higher returns on investment.—
Committee of 200,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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However, that is a fraction of the baggage fees collected by other airlines, with American Airlines collecting $1.4 billion in 2023, while United Airlines pulled in $1.2 billion and Delta Air Lines garnering $985 million.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
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When the last shreds of sunlight vanish, everyone pulls their car up to the field and turns on their headlights.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2025
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Waste management giant Veolia shreds blades into small pieces that go in kilns to replace the coal, sand and clay required to make cement.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But, right after the speech, somebody kept a little bit of the board un-wiped to preserve it, while, someone else rushed to the board and took away the piece of chalk that Einstein had used for his writing.—
Somayeh Malekian,
ABC News,
14 Mar. 2025
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One bit of good news to report is that Senate Democrats plan to vote in favor of the House's Continuing Resolution (CR).—
JJ Kinahan,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Syria violence Armed men loyal to the Syrian government carried out field executions and spoke of purifying the country, according to eyewitnesses and video, providing a gruesome picture of a crackdown against remnants of the former Assad regime that spiraled into communal killings.—
Tricia Escobedo,
CNN,
10 Mar. 2025
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Authorities blamed the unrest on armed remnants of the Assad government, but acknowledged that some of the civilian killings were the fault of undisciplined factions or individual actors.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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Fans were quick to flock to the comment section, offering the pop star words of encouragement.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
Fox News,
23 Mar. 2025
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Many of Elliott’s former co-stars and colleagues showed their support in the comment section of his sad announcement.—
Alli Rosenbloom,
CNN,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Cantle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantle. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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