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Recent Examples of hoofWith support from midfielders, Villa were comfortable playing in tight areas, often electing to make the extra pass rather than hoof the ball upfield.—Mark Carey, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024 The usefulness of it while hoofing away from predators (or toward food) may have driven natural selection, the researchers say.—Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2023 While San Diegans put up with one of the coldest, wettest winters in the last half century, the weather was Chamber of Commerce ideal Sunday: temperature in the 60s, little wind, waves crashing in the backdrop as the runners hoofed it along Carlsbad Boulevard.—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2023 Want to hoof it?—Caroline McKenzie, Country Living, 16 Nov. 2022 See All Example Sentences for hoof
But in return, the Spring Hill lawyer gets booted from the Bar for at least five years and any civil or criminal matters associated with the Bar cases remain unaffected.
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David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
With one out, Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez hit a sharp ground ball directly to Moore, who booted it.
Here, traditional saa paper is made by hand from the bark of mulberry trees: soaked, pulped, and pressed into delicate sheets embedded with local flowers and leaves.
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Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
There is enough current in the lakes to float logs, and there was pulping activity somewhere above us.
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