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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.
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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.
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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.
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Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Apr. 2023
Want to hoof it?
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Caroline McKenzie,
Country Living,
16 Nov. 2022
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoof
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No Toy Story 5 isn’t taking long to boot Steven Spielberg’s alien thriller Disclosure Day out of the top spot at the domestic box office.
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But Edson Álvarez jumped high to boot it away from the goal line with an overhead kick, landing on his back in the process.
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Booting up a brand For those with their ear to the ground in the soccer apparel world, the writing was on the wall before a ball had been kicked.
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Signs posted in Arabic around town encourage the Algerian players, who in turn spend their free time kicking balls around with local youths.
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Mathieu Lewis-Rolland / Getty Images The tank was designed to hold 900,000 gallons of a hazardous chemical known as white liquor, a chemical brew that contains sodium hydroxide, sodium sulfide and disodium carbonate and is used in the paper-pulping process, officials have said.
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The proprietary alkaline pulping method used to produce its lyocell is cleaner and more efficient than traditional chemical approaches, lowering the environmental footprint from the start while improving production efficiency.
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“Hoof.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoof. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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