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Recent Examples of quarter horse
Rosas competes in rodeos and enjoys trail rides with her 5-year-old quarter horse, Timone.
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Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
The five who were euthanized Wednesday also were quarter horses.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Over the next 30 years, the steamboat captain, born the son of Irish immigrants in New York, built a ranching empire still known today for its beef cattle and quarter horses.
—Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
Ware’s uncle, Carlos Pedraza, said the horse is a quarter horse.
—Tiffani Arnold, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2024
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Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
The five who were euthanized Wednesday also were quarter horses.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Over the next 30 years, the steamboat captain, born the son of Irish immigrants in New York, built a ranching empire still known today for its beef cattle and quarter horses.
—Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
Ware’s uncle, Carlos Pedraza, said the horse is a quarter horse.
—Tiffani Arnold, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarter horse
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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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Mackinac Island Carriage Tours, private livery tours, drive-yourself carriages and saddle horses will still be available but will have alternate routes to avoid the Arch Rock.—
Jasmin Barmore,
Detroit Free Press,
2 Sep. 2023
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It is named after a champion cutting horse and features ostrich vamps, goat quarters and roses stitched into the leather.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
WWD,
21 Mar. 2025
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The model met the cowboy, who trains in Weatherford for cutting horse events, at a horse show.—
Tasha Tsiaperas,
Axios,
14 Feb. 2025
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Leadership stumbles, hidden value is ignored, and then the pressure mounts.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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As the war draws on and the civilian death toll mounts, multiple human rights organizations and a handful of U.S. lawmakers have characterized the events in Gaza as a genocide — an assertion that Israeli officials have forcefully rejected.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
5 Aug. 2025
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Shared by Maryland on the north and Virginia on the south, the park is known for its feral ponies that can frequently be seen from roads.—
Brendan Nordstrom,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Aug. 2025
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The event highlighted local artists, authors and businesses and included painting, bounce houses, face painting, pony rides and more.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 July 2025
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The train that rings Vesuvius makes its rounds as racehorses train along the shore.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
22 July 2025
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All 21 horses racing in this year's Kentucky Derby are reportedly descendants of the famed racehorse Secretariat, according to The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
3 May 2025
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The Hollywood Reporter’s original review is below: For an old warhorse, Freaky Friday looks darn cute.—
Kirk Honeycutt,
HollywoodReporter,
12 July 2025
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Broadway theaters subsist on stunt-cast revivals of old warhorses; book publishers rely disproportionately on backlist sales.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
5 May 2025
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Press-on nails have been a tried and true fashion hack, best used by folks who like to switch up their manicure more often than gel or acrylics allow or for those that love the ability to skip the salon and DIY a mani at home.—
Sophie Liza Cannon,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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President Donald Trump reacted to a question on Wednesday regarding evidence that Russia is at least in part responsible for a recent hack of the computer system that manages U.S. federal court documents.—
Jenna Sundel
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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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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“Quarter horse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarter%20horse. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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