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In the East Village, the stylish Hunan Slurp is known for spicy stir fries and less common proteins, including frog, pig trotter, and century egg.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026 -
The race welcomed para-athletes, and trotters with strollers were also invited to take part.—
Dylan Olsen,
CBS News,
27 Nov. 2025
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Community vendors are invited, and guests can participate in signing and singing, a 50/50 raffle and pony rides.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2026
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The material did not want a dog-and-pony show.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
4 June 2026
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Perhaps most notably, the annual opera program will divert from the Pacific Symphony’s traditional Verdi and Puccini Italian operatic warhorses.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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But these warhorses have been rejuvenated in startling ways.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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The famous real-life 19th-century racehorse Lexington is at the center of this expansive novel that travels fluidly between antebellum South and modern-day Washington, DC.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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DeVaux and Ortiz cited Golden Tempo’s growth as a racehorse as decisive to his victory.—
Emily Ohman,
New York Times,
6 June 2026
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In 2019, a Beluga whale turned up on the Norwegian coast wearing a harness that appeared to have a mount for a small camera, sparking speculation that it had been trained to spy for the Russian navy.—
Frank Andrews,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Many pieces were acquired through chance discoveries, including a portrait of George Washington, presidential seal carpet and a horse statue at the pond modeled after Washington’s mount, according to marketing materials.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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Along with the thousands of cows, the property is home to 180 bulls, 7,500 yearlings, and 130 saddle horses.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
12 Aug. 2025
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The farm also had saddle horses, a team of Belgian draft horses that helped haul manure and feed, and plenty of chickens that supplied eggs for those big breakfasts every morning (followed by even larger dinners at noon and suppers in the evenings).—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2025
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Los Alamitos Race Course in Cypress has canceled its Saturday night card for quarter horses and thoroughbreds amid evacuations in the area of a malfunctioning chemical storage tank in nearby Garden Grove, track officials announced.—
Kevin Modesti,
Oc Register,
23 May 2026
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Crundwell used the money to finance her quarter horse business and lavish lifestyle, according to the FBI.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Osprey Poco Plus Child Carrier for $240 ($80 off) Parent or packhorse?—
Drew Zieff,
Outside Online,
16 July 2024
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In 1811 Charles’s 21-year-old father loaded a white stallion and a packhorse with baskets of Champagne and set off for Moscow, nearly 2,000 miles away.—
Moira Hodgson,
WSJ,
30 Dec. 2021
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“Prancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prancer. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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