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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
Watch collectors had anticipated the collaboration to result in a wristwatch, and watch accessory companies, such as Helvetus and Delugs, have announced plans to offer straps to allow the watches to be worn on the wrist.
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James Powel,
USA Today,
17 May 2026
Plus, the Mary Jane-style strap secures your foot for more comfortable wear.
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
Harris also shows us the burn scars that ripple up Racine’s arm and across Anaia’s face, textured skin that makes strangers blanch, to which Racine lashes out defensively.
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Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
15 May 2026
Steady and calm, Malcolm is often the voice of reason, even when his own children, Flora in particular, lash out.