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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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Charlotte put on a vintage Roberto Cavalli party dress from Happy Isles—but only for 15 minutes, as the bride and groom decided to go for an impromptu midnight swim.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
17 Jan. 2025
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Everett Collection Members of an impromptu dance mob taunt Laura Dern in Inland Empire (2006).—
Maya Ibbitson,
Architectural Digest,
17 Jan. 2025
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Read More: These Are the Best Ways to Improve Your Memory In addition, bus drivers, aircraft pilots, and ship captains—the jobs with less spontaneous decision-making—had Alzheimer’s death rates typical of the rest of the population.—
Christopher M. Worsham,
TIME,
14 Jan. 2025
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My creative process is instinctive and spontaneous.—
Stephan Rabimov,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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The disease comes in two main forms: dry (more common) and wet, which is when abnormal blood vessels grow under the macula and can cause more rapid vision loss.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
29 Jan. 2025
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Which Other Nations Are Affected by the Recall? Health agencies in Denmark, Portugal, and Romania were alerted by the EU's rapid alert system, which flagged the potential risk of chlorate contamination.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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The Republican also acknowledged Charlotte is pushing for swift action in the legislature.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Jan. 2025
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Even for many residents of Gaza, however, the swift re-emergence of the fighters, some in official uniforms, was a surprise.—
Iyad Abuheweila,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Resolutions are at times a spur-of-the-moment consideration.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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Pocket Blanket Mini One SELF editor recommends keeping this mini waterproof blanket on you for spur-of-the-moment outdoor hangs.—
Jessica Kasparian,
SELF,
10 Dec. 2024
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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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What may have been an offhand, humorous comment, had garnered more than 32 million views, as of Wednesday.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
15 Jan. 2025
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Yet the canny level of observation — at once casual, caustic and empathetic — makes for a film that adds up to considerably more than the sum of its seemingly offhand parts.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
21 Dec. 2024
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The seemingly slapdash document to overhaul the nation’s spending priorities created confusion throughout the federal government.—
Eric Cortellessa,
TIME,
29 Jan. 2025
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Was all this slapdash music generation serving in some way to devalue music in my life? Max Vehuni, one half of the indie-pop duo slenderbodies, talked me off that ledge.—
Chris Velazco,
Washington Post,
5 July 2024
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“Horseback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horseback. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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