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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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Fortnite was booted from iPhones and Apple’s App Store in 2020, after Epic Games updated its software to link out to the company’s website and avoid Apple’s commissions.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
9 May 2025
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Using secure boot to stop malicious software from launching during startup. TPM can detect changes and prevent your system from booting, keeping your device secure from physical attacks.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 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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The partnership is valid for four years and is expected to open a portfolio of new technology customers in the material processing and pulping industries, per the bulletin.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Sep. 2019
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The two primary methods are the washed (wet) process, where cherries are pulped, fermented, and washed to remove the mucilage before drying, and the natural (dry) process, where cherries are dried whole with the fruit intact, allowing the beans to absorb fruity flavors.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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“Hoof.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoof. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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