hoof

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Recent Examples of hoof With 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
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Verb
  • 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.
    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.
    Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • For example, Doak kicked on so impressively at Middlesbrough in 2024-25 that his value increased to the point that Bournemouth paid £25m for him.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The Tigers’ kicking game would appear to remain in good hands, as Meyer was rated as a five-star prep recruit by Chris Sailer Kicking.
    Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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 9 Sep. 2025.

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