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Recent Examples of horseback
Horseback riders share the trails with hikers at Brett Woods, a 185-acre conservation area.
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Lisa Prevost, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2017
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Lisa Prevost, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horseback
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What started as an impromptu group of professional side musicians in Nashville jamming weekly at Dee’s Country Cocktail Lounge in nearby Madison has morphed into a hardscrabble touring act of its own that made a headlining appearance at the Ryman Auditorium earlier this month.—
Garret K. Woodward,
Rolling Stone,
28 July 2025
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After an impromptu long-drive competition, Happy discovers his hockey swing sets him up well for another sport: golf.—
Luke Chinman,
People.com,
25 July 2025
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The demanding executive might uncover a passion for art; the strategic planner might embrace spontaneous adventure.—
Lorraine Wiseman,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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First described in 2021, Marbach-Schaaf Syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by a spontaneous (non-inherited) mutation in the PRKAR1B gene.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 July 2025
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Sustain small farms amid global competition • Promote transparency and ethics in coffee sourcing In a world increasingly dominated by industrial scale and rapid production, Kona coffee companies should work to remain a symbol of craftsmanship, care and community.—
Jean Orlowski,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Trained in marksmanship, rapid deployment, ambushes, surveillance, and psychological operations, Los Zetas used overt military force to consolidate control over most of the Texas border and the Gulf Coast port of Veracruz.—
Seth Harp,
Rolling Stone,
28 July 2025
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The swift decline of Vidalia Mills in Louisiana—if it can even be said to have truly taken off—is a telling example.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
22 July 2025
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If the governor opens the door to these projects, the blowback will be swift, vocal, and impossible to ignore.—
Laura Shindell,
New York Daily News,
20 July 2025
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Some are great—like spur-of-the-moment trips to the beach and invites to a new friend’s backyard pool.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
21 July 2025
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Wayne met Trump in Florida ahead of the 2020 election and said the picture was taken spur-of-the-moment during a meeting about criminal justice reforms and other initiatives for the Black community.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2025
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Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel (341 yards, two TDs, 27-yard rush TD) and Ohio State’s Will Howard (326 yards, two TDs, rush TD) were both brilliant.—
Ralph D. Russo,
The Athletic,
22 Dec. 2024
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Others were rush jobs.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
27 Dec. 2022
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An offhand comment that William S. Burroughs makes in Naked Lunch illuminates the way others shape us from an unexpected angle.—
Michael W. Clune,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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The offhand inclusion of brutal, total tragedy just to build these pretexts is unsettling.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
2 July 2025
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On a whim, Joe decides to oppose him, and recruits his fellow officers, Guy (Luke Grimes) and Michael (Micheal Ward), to help him with his admittedly slapdash campaign.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
19 May 2025
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Mad About the Boy, an adaptation of the slapdash third novel that starts streaming on Peacock on February 13, keeps the trope-laden structure, but finds surprising depth in a devastating plot twist.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Horseback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horseback. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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