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Recent Examples of hoof
Teams hustle to overwhelm an opponent’s base before a rival group claims theirs; as the contestants hoof through dense foliage, a drone shot soars over to capture the frenetic scramble.
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Siren Goes Off, Vulture, 16 June 2023
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
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Siren Goes Off, Vulture, 16 June 2023
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoof
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There's a big difference, for example, in advocating for stronger border security and booting hardened criminals from the country, versus deporting cooks and construction workers — and sending National Guards and even Marines in response to protests (when local officials didn't ask for it).—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
14 June 2025
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After its last attempt to take down the Autobots goes terribly awry, he’s booted out of the Decepticons forever.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
12 June 2025
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For a start, the first round didn’t kick-off until February, unlike late August this time around.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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But even that season’s team hardly ever practiced on the field, and in recent years it’s been used only by the team’s kicking specialist and as a spot where rehabbing players work out on the side.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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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.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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There is enough current in the lakes to float logs, and there was pulping activity somewhere above us.—
Robeson Bailey,
Outdoor Life,
11 June 2025
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“Hoof.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoof. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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