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Recent Examples of quirt
Noun
The sedate throwing of flowers erupted into a fistfight, a ministampede and people lashed with whips and riding quirts.—John MacCormack, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Apr. 2018
The Speccie’s star columnist is the rudest man in Christendom, the Godzilla of contumely, an all-time non-sufferer of fools who horsewhips his targets the way Hunter S. Thompson and Christopher Hitchens once did.
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Kyle Smith,
National Review,
23 Apr. 2020
In reality, Watson wasn’t a bar fighter or famous for horsewhipping cowboys.
Other than the boulder, the stunt show at Disney World also features a bullwhip demonstration and falls from tall buildings, as well as stunts with axe-swinging stone soldiers and punji stick pressure plates.
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Jack Dunn,
Variety,
31 Dec. 2025
Arcs of electricity bolted from it, blue bullwhips that flashed out from it and left thunder in their wake.
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Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Nov. 2025
Evidence of Hurricane Michael’s destruction in 2018 can still be seen in the fledgling sweetgum, magnolia, oak, and hickory trees sprouting with new growth.
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Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Apr. 2026
They can also be found at the base of hickory, oak, elm, ash, tulip, poplar or sycamore trees.
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Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
24 Mar. 2026
State’s attorneys allege the pair engaged in a long-term pattern of mental and physical abuse of young Markell, including whipping him with a belt.
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Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
In the Palm Springs North community on Tuesday, the tornado whipped across a lake and a couple of residential blocks, according to weather service meteorologist Ana Torres-Vazquez.