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{
"Horsens":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"city and port on the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark population 86,377":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-s\u1d4an(t)s",
"\u02c8h\u022fr-s\u1d4anz"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114031",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"horde":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a large unorganized group of individuals : a teeming crowd or throng":[
"hordes of peasants"
],
": a people or tribe of nomadic life":[],
": a political subdivision of central Asian nomads":[]
},
"examples":[
"A horde of tourists entered the museum.",
"Hordes of reporters were shouting questions.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As of June 14, MicroStrategy\u2019s crypto horde is worth about $1.1 billion less than what the company paid for it. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 14 June 2022",
"As the Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade passes by at Magic Kingdom, a horde of parkgoers brings up the rear, strolling behind the final float. \u2014 Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel , 17 May 2022",
"Rescue workers across the middle of the country combed through wreckage for survivors on Saturday after a horde of tornadoes ripped a catastrophic swath from Arkansas through Kentucky. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Dec. 2021",
"Instead of embracing others, this Buzz time-traveled far into the future, put together a horde of mechanical soldiers and traveled back to use young Buzz's hyper-speed crystal to fix everything. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 18 June 2022",
"Ahmed teams with artist Joey Vazquez for a manic story that pits Kamala against a zombie horde . \u2014 Joe George, Men's Health , 14 June 2022",
"Thanks to their inability to control its stupid T-Virus, the Umbrella Corporation has once again unleashed a horde of zombies and other creatures from the games\u2014this time on New Raccoon City, described as a kind of corporate utopia. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 6 June 2022",
"From Luca Evans: The crescendo rose, the familiar wall of noise building amid the nighttime horde , fans in the outfield bleachers at Dodger Stadium standing and waiting with open arms. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
"Demand has grown in Europe, too, prompting Belgium\u2019s federal nuclear control agency to assure the public on March 1 that the situation in Ukraine does not pose any danger to its residents and that there is no reason to buy or horde supplies. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French, German, & Polish; Middle French & German, from Polish horda , from Ukrainian dialect gorda , alteration of Ukrainian orda , from Old Russian, from Turkic orda, ordu khan's residence":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u022frd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for horde crowd , throng , horde , crush , mob mean an assembled multitude. crowd implies a close gathering and pressing together. a crowd gathered throng and horde suggest movement and pushing. a throng of reporters a horde of shoppers crush emphasizes the compactness of the group, the difficulty of individual movement, and the attendant discomfort. a crush of fans mob implies a disorderly crowd with the potential for violence. an angry mob",
"synonyms":[
"army",
"bike",
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
"drove",
"flock",
"herd",
"host",
"legion",
"mass",
"mob",
"multitude",
"press",
"rout",
"scrum",
"swarm",
"throng"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223804",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"horizonless":{
"antonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"definite",
"finite",
"limited",
"restricted"
],
"definitions":{
": endless sense 1":[],
": having no horizon":[],
": hopeless":[]
},
"examples":[
"a horizonless array of opportunities for a young, ambitious person at the new company",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The world of this Macbeth feels as horizonless as the king-to-be\u2019s prospects. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 15 Jan. 2022",
"In front of us, there is nothing but horizonless blue ocean. \u2014 James Nestor, Scientific American , 12 Feb. 2018",
"The austere landscape surrounding Albuquerque finds its way into his light-filled, horizonless canvases, soaked in the palette of the Southwest. \u2014 Julia Couzens, sacbee , 26 Oct. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"h\u0259-\u02c8r\u012b-z\u1d4an-l\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bottomless",
"boundless",
"endless",
"fathomless",
"illimitable",
"immeasurable",
"immensurable",
"indefinite",
"infinite",
"limitless",
"measureless",
"unbounded",
"unfathomable",
"unlimited"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090346",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"hormone":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": sex hormone":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The online whole animal butcher shop focuses on sustainability, using only pasture raised animals from small family farms in Kentucky and Tennessee that are hormone and antibiotic free, raised outside, and fed vegetarian, non-GMO feed. \u2014 Larry Olmsted, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Doctors have also testified at the State House in favor of the bill, saying the long-range outcomes for those who undergo the puberty-blocking and hormone treatments are poor or unknown. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Vitamin D is both a hormone produced by humans and a nutrient found in some foods, according to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. \u2014 Valerie Pavilonis, USA TODAY , 9 Feb. 2022",
"The latest advance in SCBI\u2019s technique is a revised hormone injection schedule that improves upon the timing of insemination. \u2014 Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Aug. 2021",
"And while almost every other sector has been suffering, the pandemic has functioned like a hormone injection for Big Tech. \u2014 William Deresiewicz, Harper's Magazine , 25 May 2021",
"Diabetic with meals 25 grams of net carbs or less and lean protein to help regulate blood sugar, and Menopause which is designed by doctors to help with hormone changes. \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Cdn, Nasm-cpt, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
"Those laws include bans on transgender girls from competing in female sports at schools and on providing medical care such as hormone blockers and other treatments, as well as curriculum restrictions. \u2014 Catherine Lucey, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Some are asking about medication that suppresses puberty or about hormone -replacement treatments. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1905, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek horm\u014dn , present participle of horman to stir up, from horm\u0113 impulse, assault; akin to Greek ornynai to rouse \u2014 more at rise":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u022fr-\u02ccm\u014dn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124417",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"hormone replacement therapy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At the time of her transition in 2019, the NCAA required that transgender athletes have one year of hormone replacement therapy to be cleared to compete. \u2014 Homero De La Fuente, CNN , 19 June 2022",
"There hasn\u2019t been enough research into the long-term health outcomes of hormone replacement therapy on trans men, and the studies that do exist have often been contradictory. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"At the least, Wilcox said, his study suggests that there is no need to for women who get Covid to discontinue their hormone replacement therapy . \u2014 Aria Bendix, NBC News , 20 May 2022",
"Birth control pills, hormone replacement therapy , and nitrate medications (used to treat heart conditions) are all common culprits. \u2014 Rebecca Joy Stanborough, SELF , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Those guidelines, implemented three years ago, require males transitioning to female to undergo hormone replacement therapy for 12 months and register with the UHSAA, a private entity that oversees school athletics within the state. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 Mar. 2022",
"After completing two years of hormone replacement therapy , Thomas competed on the women\u2019s team for the 2021-22 season in dominant fashion. \u2014 Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
"And the district connected her with resources for hormone replacement therapy and other help. \u2014 Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Nonbinary pronouns, kids considering hormone replacement therapy "
],
"first_known_use":{
"1945, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115024",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"horn wrack":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a bryozoan of the genus Flustra":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090822",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"horn-mad":{
"antonyms":[
"angerless",
"delighted",
"pleased"
],
"definitions":{
": furiously enraged":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1579, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u022frn-\u02c8mad"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"angered",
"angry",
"apoplectic",
"ballistic",
"cheesed off",
"choleric",
"enraged",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"furious",
"hopping",
"hot",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriate",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rabid",
"rankled",
"riled",
"riley",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steamed up",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"wrathful",
"wroth"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013510",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"horniness":{
"antonyms":[
"frigid",
"undersexed"
],
"definitions":{
": compact and homogeneous with a dull luster":[],
": desiring sexual gratification":[
"horny teenagers"
],
": excited sexually":[],
": having a hard calloused surface or texture":[
"horny skin",
"horny- handed"
],
": having horns (see horn sense 1 )":[],
": of or made of horn (see horn sense 1d )":[
"a horny growth"
]
},
"examples":[
"in her view, \u201cteenage boys are perpetually horny \u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There was one bit of stuntcasting that absolutely worked in Season 3: Alexander Skarsgard as a maniacally horny version of himself in the finale, seeking the attentions of women like Van who don\u2019t mind humiliating him for their mutual enjoyment. \u2014 Inkoo Kang, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"Gayle is calling out her horny friend on late-night TV. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 16 Mar. 2022",
"But with Moordale getting sold, who knows where the horny students will earn their diplomas",
"No event in recent history \u2014 not Harry Styles in a dress on the cover of Vogue, not changing the green M&M\u2019s footwear, not even the horny Beto O\u2019Rourke tweet \u2014 has inspired so many brain-dead takes as the Slap Heard \u2018Round the World, a.k.a. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 30 Mar. 2022",
"As a horny post-vax summer looms, many aspire to use their mouths to greet friends and strangers both in celebration and victory. \u2014 Allie Volpe, refinery29.com , 18 May 2021",
"The horny comic-relief dialogue from Betty Garrett as the taxi driver, Hildy, is ageless. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
"And Just Like That would be less horny than the average Folger\u2019s ad. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 23 Dec. 2021",
"The model and chef was initially scouted to vocalize the horny thoughts of high school heartthrob Paxton Yoshida (Darren Barnet) in his own brief solo episode. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 16 July 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"see horn":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u022fr-n\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"concupiscent",
"goatish",
"hot",
"hypersexual",
"itchy",
"lascivious",
"lecherous",
"lewd",
"libidinous",
"licentious",
"lubricious",
"lubricous",
"lustful",
"oversexed",
"passionate",
"randy",
"salacious",
"satyric",
"wanton"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063325",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"hornswoggle":{
"antonyms":[
"undeceive"
],
"definitions":{
": to trick or deceive (someone) : bamboozle , hoax":[
"\u2026 trying to avoid getting hornswoggled by advertising claims \u2026",
"\u2014 Jennifer Rude Klett",
"\u2014 often used with into or out of By the end of the call, Santillo had allegedly hornswoggled Olson into parting with her life savings \u2026 \u2014 Gary Craig If you want to know what hell can really do in the way of furies, look for the chap who has been hornswoggled into taking a long and unnecessary bicycle ride in the dark without a lamp. \u2014 P. G. Wodehouse He also saw his mother get hornswoggled out of $500\u2014seven weeks' salary, the family's entire savings\u2014by a slick traveling vacuum salesman. \u2014 Kim Lachance Shandrow"
]
},
"examples":[
"I think we've been hornswoggled by that carnival barker."
],
"first_known_use":{
"1877, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u022frn-\u02ccsw\u00e4-g\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bamboozle",
"beguile",
"bluff",
"buffalo",
"burn",
"catch",
"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fake out",
"fool",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"humbug",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead",
"snooker",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"suck in",
"sucker",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055221",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hornworm":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a hawk moth caterpillar having a hornlike tail process \u2014 compare tomato hornworm":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That is a hornworm caterpillar from the genus Smerinthus. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 July 2020",
"Our research team at Michigan State University\u2019s Plant Resilience Institute watched what happened in hotter weather when hornworm caterpillars attacked a tomato plant. \u2014 Nathan Havko, The Conversation , 7 Apr. 2020",
"The hornworm is a voracious eater of plants \u2014 mainly tomatoes and peppers. \u2014 Joan Morris, The Mercury News , 15 July 2019",
"Some people argue that the caterpillars should be left to do their thing because the reward is seeing the moth, but gardeners often don\u2019t see it that way and go out on hornworm hunts. \u2014 Joan Morris, The Mercury News , 15 July 2019",
"The hickory horned devil, spiny oak worm, and hornworms all have spiky looking horns that can be scary to see, but are not venomous. \u2014 Jefferson County Cooperative Extension, AL.com , 22 Aug. 2017",
"KENNETH SETZER Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden They\u2019re known to resist cracking from intense rains, but problems come from tomato hornworms that devoured my plant mercilessly. \u2014 Kenneth Setzer, miamiherald , 24 May 2017",
"Basil naturally repels mosquitoes, aphids, flies, mites and tomato-eating hornworms . \u2014 Debbie Arrington, sacbee.com , 2 June 2017",
"KENNETH SETZER Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden They\u2019re known to resist cracking from intense rains, but problems come from tomato hornworms that devoured my plant mercilessly. \u2014 Kenneth Setzer, miamiherald , 24 May 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1676, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u022frn-\u02ccw\u0259rm"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133621",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hornwort":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of a genus ( Ceratophyllum of the family Ceratophyllaceae) of rootless thin-stemmed aquatic monoecious herbs with female flowers having a single carpel":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Anthocerotae Anthocerotae, also known as hornworts , are the third type of bryophyte. \u2014 Kevin Espiritu For Partselect.com, Good Housekeeping , 29 Aug. 2017",
"Oishi said humid cities where moss thrives could benefit most from using bryophytes \u2013 a collective term for mosses, hornworts and liverworts \u2013 as bioindicators, adding moss could be monitored in its natural environment or cultivated for analysis. \u2014 Sophie Hares, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 Aug. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1805, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u022frn-\u02ccw\u0259rt",
"-\u02ccw\u022frt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091603",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"horny":{
"antonyms":[
"frigid",
"undersexed"
],
"definitions":{
": compact and homogeneous with a dull luster":[],
": desiring sexual gratification":[
"horny teenagers"
],
": excited sexually":[],
": having a hard calloused surface or texture":[
"horny skin",
"horny- handed"
],
": having horns (see horn sense 1 )":[],
": of or made of horn (see horn sense 1d )":[
"a horny growth"
]
},
"examples":[
"in her view, \u201cteenage boys are perpetually horny \u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There was one bit of stuntcasting that absolutely worked in Season 3: Alexander Skarsgard as a maniacally horny version of himself in the finale, seeking the attentions of women like Van who don\u2019t mind humiliating him for their mutual enjoyment. \u2014 Inkoo Kang, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"Gayle is calling out her horny friend on late-night TV. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 16 Mar. 2022",
"But with Moordale getting sold, who knows where the horny students will earn their diplomas",
"No event in recent history \u2014 not Harry Styles in a dress on the cover of Vogue, not changing the green M&M\u2019s footwear, not even the horny Beto O\u2019Rourke tweet \u2014 has inspired so many brain-dead takes as the Slap Heard \u2018Round the World, a.k.a. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 30 Mar. 2022",
"As a horny post-vax summer looms, many aspire to use their mouths to greet friends and strangers both in celebration and victory. \u2014 Allie Volpe, refinery29.com , 18 May 2021",
"The horny comic-relief dialogue from Betty Garrett as the taxi driver, Hildy, is ageless. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
"And Just Like That would be less horny than the average Folger\u2019s ad. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 23 Dec. 2021",
"The model and chef was initially scouted to vocalize the horny thoughts of high school heartthrob Paxton Yoshida (Darren Barnet) in his own brief solo episode. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 16 July 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"see horn":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u022fr-n\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"concupiscent",
"goatish",
"hot",
"hypersexual",
"itchy",
"lascivious",
"lecherous",
"lewd",
"libidinous",
"licentious",
"lubricious",
"lubricous",
"lustful",
"oversexed",
"passionate",
"randy",
"salacious",
"satyric",
"wanton"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094356",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"horny coral":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": gorgonian":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112711",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"horny laminae":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": laminae on the inside of the wall of an animal's hoof":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053932",
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"horny sponge":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a sponge lacking spicules but having a spongin skeleton that is more or less horny":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225250",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hornyhead chub":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a common chub ( Nocomis biguttatus ) of the larger streams from Pennsylvania to Wyoming and south to Alabama distinguished by the males having the head covered with conical hornlike processes during the breeding season":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185142",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"horokaka":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a prostrate woody Australasian herb ( Mesembryanthemum australe )":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Maori":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cch\u022fr\u0259\u02c8k\u00e4k\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102350",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"horologe":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a timekeeping device":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English orloge , from Anglo-French oriloge , from Latin horologium , from Greek h\u014drologion , from h\u014dra hour + legein to gather \u2014 more at year , legend":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00e4r-",
"\u02c8h\u022fr-\u0259-\u02ccl\u014dj"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-102623",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"horologer":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": horologist":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"horology + -er":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"h\u0259\u02c8r\u00e4l\u0259j\u0259(r)"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133914",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"horrendous":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": extremely bad or unpleasant : horrible , dreadful":[
"His audition was horrendous .",
"horrendous crimes"
]
},
"examples":[
"Her taste in clothes is horrendous .",
"a horrendous explosion shook the building",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For a runner like Liang to lose his life, conditions must have been truly horrendous . \u2014 Will Ford, Outside Online , 25 May 2021",
"The pain and struggle with mental health is horrendous . \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 9 May 2022",
"Guyton, however, shares these horrendous posts on her social media platforms to help put a stop to this behavior. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
"At the sentencing, the judge called Vicki the evil mastermind of a perverse and horrendous crime. \u2014 Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Milwaukee had horrendous luck with pitching health in 1991. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 Apr. 2022",
"After unleashing horrendous firepower, the decisive blow exerted against Chechnya was the use of loyalist Chechens to impose control. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"But the evidence of such attacks in Ukraine verified by AP and Frontline is both mounting and horrendous , and belies Russian claims that they were staged, self-inflicted or militarily justified. \u2014 Michael Biesecker, Erika Kinetz, Beatrice Dupuy, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Iron Mountain came from the U.P. three years ago and lost the state title on a couple of horrendous calls by the officials. \u2014 Mick Mccabe, Detroit Free Press , 24 Mar. 2022"
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"He suffered a horrible death.",
"The crime scene was too horrible to describe.",
"The team had a horrible season last year.",
"He realized that he had made a horrible mistake.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Led by general manager Sid Abel, a legendary Red Wings player, coach, GM and later broadcaster, the Scouts were beyond horrible . \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
"First off, there\u2019s no need to go cold turkey or follow any other kind of horrible detox program. \u2014 Elijah Rawls, Men's Health , 14 June 2022",
"That\u2019s because many of the ones sent my way are utterly horrible . \u2014 Scott Kramer, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"The Browns look horrible for embracing Watson and still might need to find a quarterback for this year. \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"Their scars from that horrible day were on clear display. \u2014 David Zurawik, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"The consequences of a Supreme Court assassination are horrible even to contemplate. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"Another reason some guys say no to sunscreen is that many sunscreens have a horrible fragrance. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"Chabon gestures at the same horrible potential\u2014father as destroyer\u2014but sublimates it in theatrics. \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022"
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"\u2014 Robert Graves"
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"People there are living in horrid conditions.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sunday\u2019s three-act play in London \u2014 great first half, horrid third quarter, stirring fourth quarter \u2014 was equal parts enthralling and appalling for the Raiders and their fans. \u2014 Michael Lerseth, SFChronicle.com , 6 Oct. 2019",
"At the beginning of the crisis, Chinese ambassadors were hauled over by foreign ministers and other government representatives to explain the horrid scenes that had gone viral on social media, and to offer immediate remedies. \u2014 Yomi Kazeem, Quartz Africa , 22 May 2020",
"Across African capitals, Chinese ambassadors are being hauled over by foreign ministries to explain horrid scenes that have gone viral on social media platforms of African migrants being evicted from apartments and refused entry into hotels. \u2014 Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Quartz Africa , 11 Apr. 2020",
"Now called the Winter Park Express Train, the scenic ride takes two hours, and completely bypasses the horrid I-70 weekend traffic. \u2014 Stephanie Granada, Sunset Magazine , 24 Jan. 2020",
"Portland is far too good to have this poor of a record, as a horrid start to the season put them way back in the standings. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, azcentral , 20 Jan. 2020",
"Coming off of a horrid January, the Buckeyes have won five of their last six games to re-enter the top 25. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 17 Feb. 2020",
"Now called the Winter Park Express Train, the scenic ride takes two hours, and completely bypasses the horrid I-70 weekend traffic. \u2014 Stephanie Granada, Sunset Magazine , 24 Jan. 2020",
"Xavier shot a horrid 11 for 25 on free throws, but the Muskeeters also had their best shooting night of the season by going 11 for 22 (47.8%) on three-pointers. \u2014 Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 Jan. 2020"
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"\u2014 Robert Graves"
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"People there are living in horrid conditions.",
"He's a horrid little man.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sunday\u2019s three-act play in London \u2014 great first half, horrid third quarter, stirring fourth quarter \u2014 was equal parts enthralling and appalling for the Raiders and their fans. \u2014 Michael Lerseth, SFChronicle.com , 6 Oct. 2019",
"At the beginning of the crisis, Chinese ambassadors were hauled over by foreign ministers and other government representatives to explain the horrid scenes that had gone viral on social media, and to offer immediate remedies. \u2014 Yomi Kazeem, Quartz Africa , 22 May 2020",
"Across African capitals, Chinese ambassadors are being hauled over by foreign ministries to explain horrid scenes that have gone viral on social media platforms of African migrants being evicted from apartments and refused entry into hotels. \u2014 Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Quartz Africa , 11 Apr. 2020",
"Now called the Winter Park Express Train, the scenic ride takes two hours, and completely bypasses the horrid I-70 weekend traffic. \u2014 Stephanie Granada, Sunset Magazine , 24 Jan. 2020",
"Portland is far too good to have this poor of a record, as a horrid start to the season put them way back in the standings. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, azcentral , 20 Jan. 2020",
"Coming off of a horrid January, the Buckeyes have won five of their last six games to re-enter the top 25. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 17 Feb. 2020",
"Now called the Winter Park Express Train, the scenic ride takes two hours, and completely bypasses the horrid I-70 weekend traffic. \u2014 Stephanie Granada, Sunset Magazine , 24 Jan. 2020",
"Xavier shot a horrid 11 for 25 on free throws, but the Muskeeters also had their best shooting night of the season by going 11 for 22 (47.8%) on three-pointers. \u2014 Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 Jan. 2020"
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"borrowed from Latin horridus \"bristly, rough, uncouth, shivering with cold, inspiring dread,\" from horr\u0113re \"to be stiffly erect, bristle (of hair, weapons, plants), shudder, shiver\" + -idus, adjective suffix of quality \u2014 more at horror entry 1":""
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"horrific images of torture that shocked the conscience of the world",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Remember when Donald Trump was president, and so many of us began each day dreading the inevitable and horrific developments in the White House ",
"Health care professionals face the horrific reality of gun violence every day. \u2014 Joseph V. Sakran, Scientific American , 28 June 2022",
"The past few years have seen a number of tragedies on global, national and local levels from the murder of George Floyd to the horrific shootings that have recently plagued the country. \u2014 Eugene Dilan, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg has spoken out on the horrific discovery inside of an 18-wheeler in the southwest part of the city. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 28 June 2022",
"Phillips is reacting, with shot nerves and barely concealed panic, to a horrific disaster. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"In the aftermath of the horrific shooting at Robb Elementary School that claimed the lives of 19 students and two teachers, the Duchess of Sussex traveled to the rural Texas town to offer her condolences and support the community. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 26 June 2022",
"Last month, The Onion staged a similar front-page takeover following the horrific shooting deaths of 19 children and two adults at an Uvalde, Texas, elementary school. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 25 June 2022",
"Our condolences continue to be with the family, friends and loved ones of Alyssa Elsman, who suffered a terrible and tragic loss, and all of the victims of this horrific incident. \u2014 Lauren Del Valle, CNN , 23 June 2022"
],
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"\u2014 Arthur Miller"
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"The details of the crime horrified the nation.",
"They were horrified by the movie's violence.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The devastation is going to horrify Europe and North America. \u2014 Peter Bergen, CNN , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Her progressive ideas horrify the White status quo, but they\u2019re welcomed by Motormouth Maybelle, who hosts the one show each month that a Black host and teen dancers are allowed on the air. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Nov. 2021",
"That will horrify some climate warriors in the U.S. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 6 Nov. 2021",
"Its science-fiction stories are still sharp and clever with twists that surprise, delight and horrify . \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Its science-fiction stories are still sharp and clever with twists that surprise, delight and horrify . \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Its science-fiction stories are still sharp and clever with twists that surprise, delight and horrify . \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Its science-fiction stories are still sharp and clever with twists that surprise, delight and horrify . \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Its science-fiction stories are still sharp and clever with twists that surprise, delight and horrify . \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 5 Aug. 2021"
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"startle",
"terrify",
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"examples":[
"The details of the crime horrified the nation.",
"They were horrified by the movie's violence.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The devastation is going to horrify Europe and North America. \u2014 Peter Bergen, CNN , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Her progressive ideas horrify the White status quo, but they\u2019re welcomed by Motormouth Maybelle, who hosts the one show each month that a Black host and teen dancers are allowed on the air. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Nov. 2021",
"That will horrify some climate warriors in the U.S. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 6 Nov. 2021",
"Its science-fiction stories are still sharp and clever with twists that surprise, delight and horrify . \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Its science-fiction stories are still sharp and clever with twists that surprise, delight and horrify . \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Its science-fiction stories are still sharp and clever with twists that surprise, delight and horrify . \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Its science-fiction stories are still sharp and clever with twists that surprise, delight and horrify . \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Its science-fiction stories are still sharp and clever with twists that surprise, delight and horrify . \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 5 Aug. 2021"
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"The details of the crime horrified the nation.",
"They were horrified by the movie's violence.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The devastation is going to horrify Europe and North America. \u2014 Peter Bergen, CNN , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Her progressive ideas horrify the White status quo, but they\u2019re welcomed by Motormouth Maybelle, who hosts the one show each month that a Black host and teen dancers are allowed on the air. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Nov. 2021",
"That will horrify some climate warriors in the U.S. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 6 Nov. 2021",
"Its science-fiction stories are still sharp and clever with twists that surprise, delight and horrify . \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Its science-fiction stories are still sharp and clever with twists that surprise, delight and horrify . \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Its science-fiction stories are still sharp and clever with twists that surprise, delight and horrify . \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Its science-fiction stories are still sharp and clever with twists that surprise, delight and horrify . \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Its science-fiction stories are still sharp and clever with twists that surprise, delight and horrify . \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 5 Aug. 2021"
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"\u2014 H. G. Wells"
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"contemplating the horror of their lives",
"\u2014 Liam O'Flaherty"
]
},
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"Noun",
"There was a look of horror on her face.",
"The crowd watched in horror as the fire spread.",
"His friends were shocked by the horror of his death.",
"His crimes were unspeakable horrors .",
"His memoirs recount the horrors of the war.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Bit of a horror movie in retrospect, but that was the 2000s, a decade Sandler dominated financially. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 29 June 2022",
"The resulting images are pleasing, and feels more natural than the horror -movie Red or Halloween-y as the Orange. \u2014 Jim Fisher, PCMAG , 28 June 2022",
"That's the magic of a really terrifying horror movie. \u2014 Men's Health , 27 June 2022",
"Russell Crowe is set to star in The Pope\u2019s Exorcist, a supernatural thriller that Julius Avery, the helmer behind the 2018 horror movie Overlord, will direct for Screen Gems. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 June 2022",
"Mustaine had watched a horror movie about people visiting the site of the infamous Ukrainian nuclear meltdown, where people had fled without their canines. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
"That popcorn-spilling jump at a scary scene in a horror movie is one thing, but psychological thrillers get inside your head and stay there, for a totally different kind of scare that can linger long after the closing credits roll. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 22 June 2022",
"The horror movie will be the opening night feature film, and will be followed by three evenings of local and national short films. \u2014 Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 June 2022",
"Even then, some of the dogs don\u2019t die, and the butchers simply carry on, horror -movie style. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"From the creators of Dark, an intriguing period mystery/ horror German series called 1899. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 6 June 2022",
"M\u00f3rbido describes itself as a communications platform, a generator of own, independent and commercial content, all related to the fantastic and horror genre in pop-culture, technology and entertainment. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 22 May 2022",
"The Vigil is a much better horror picture and is currently on Hulu), offering at least something amid a gun-shy industry qualifies as an act of charity. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
"The new film and series projects span a wide array of genres, ranging from thrillers, action, dramas, comedies and romances to supernatural and horror titles for a YA audience, as well as biographies, true-crime and investigative docudramas. \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The box office recovery is still being driven largely by young people, particularly young men, which doesn\u2019t inspire much confidence that non-superhero, non- horror and non-video game action franchises will do much business in cinemas anytime soon. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
"To understand how crucial the flexibility of audio in Dead by Daylight is, consider how horror films use sound in a linear format. \u2014 Nina Corcoran, Wired , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Candyman from Nia DaCosta and Last Night in Soho from Edgar Wright will test the waters of audiences\u2019 eagerness to pay to see specifically horror films on the big screen. \u2014 Eliana Dockterman, Time , 28 June 2021",
"As a breezy, 100-minute collection of puzzles and jump scares, the first film was a surprise hit, the kind of low-stakes entertainment even non\u2013 horror fans can enjoy. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 5 June 2021"
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"Perhaps the biggest horror show was in 2019, when a one-day Halloween rental in Orinda, California, turned into a hundred-person party and a shooting that killed five. \u2014 Michael Goldstein, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
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"The Netflix series is teaming with Quiksilver on a five-part collection of retro apparel and accessories that fit right into the sci-fi horror show \u2019s 1980s scenes. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
"There\u2019s something frustrating about this relentless construction of motherhood as a horror show , and not just because mothers experience the full range of human emotions (some of which are more faithfully explored in a Hallmark movie). \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"Controlling, manipulative, but incredibly cute, the baby twists Natasha's life into a surreal horror show . \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
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"But Samuels and Olorunnipa are not interested merely in replaying that horror story . \u2014 Imbolo Mbue, The Atlantic , 16 May 2022",
"This comic puts its female Muslim protagonist through a dark horror story instead of an uplifting superhero saga. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
"Like many apartment hunters, our search quickly turned from a romcom fantasy to a real estate horror story . \u2014 Trey Williams, Fortune , 8 June 2022",
"Almost every marketer has heard of a horror story where cooperation with an influencer didn\u2019t go as planned. \u2014 Dmitry Dolgorukov, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"For Alfred, Amsterdam appears to be the opposite of a horror story . \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Up on the room\u2019s mezzanine, blocky, cowled forms suggesting monks lashed together with rubber cord lurk silently, as if in an obscure horror story . \u2014 Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The film does not have a title or official logline yet, but it will be based on a true horror story . \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 24 Jan. 2022"
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"Amid the horseplay in this deranged horse opera , there\u2019s also a poignant moment \u2014 part tribute, part torch-passing \u2014 in Act 2, when a large photo appears onstage of Larry Coen. \u2014 Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com , 2 May 2018",
"The problem is that his and screenwriter Greg Tucker's love of horse operas both boilerplate and ruminative a la Peckinpah doesn't mesh well enough into a smooth ride. \u2014 Robert Abele, latimes.com , 22 Mar. 2018"
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"He credits his success to good old-fashioned horse sense .",
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"Back in 2011, Daniels, a former Bush White House official and two-term Indiana governor known for his conservative horse sense and low-key manner, passed on a White House run and went on to accept the Purdue presidency. \u2014 Frederick Hess, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"In an age when Hollywood\u2019s highest-profile parent-child relationship is that between Britney Spears and her father, what could be more refreshing than the homespun horse sense of the Howard boys",
"People have many ways of talking about intuition: gut, nose, sixth sense, horse sense , Spidey-sense. \u2014 Steve Kolowich, Washington Post , 20 June 2019",
"His words of wisdom are tinged with wit and old-fashioned horse sense . \u2014 Southern Living , 14 May 2018"
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"In the early 1960s, the bistate agency took over what was then the struggling Hudson and Manhattan Railroad as part of a horse trade between New Jersey and New York that committed the Port to build the first World Trade Center. \u2014 Paul Berger, WSJ , 30 Nov. 2018"
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"In the winter of 1777, the writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe set off on horseback from his home in the central German city of Weimar and traveled a hundred miles north to the forests of the Harz region. \u2014 Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022",
"Los Angeles Times After the image went viral last fall, the photograph of a Border Patrol agent on horseback wielding a whip while grabbing a Haitian migrant by his shirt drew outrage among many officials. \u2014 Marisa Gerberstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"The coin depicts an image of a Border Patrol agent on horseback pulling on a Haitian migrant\u2019s shirt. \u2014 Essence , 17 June 2022",
"From taking the salute on horseback at Trooping the Colour to leading the tributes at the Platinum Party at the Palace, Charles was in the spotlight. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
"Footage of border patrol officers on horseback chasing Haitian migrants and allegedly swinging their reigns like whips caused national outrage after surfacing online. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 15 June 2022",
"As the situation worsened, agents were sent out on horseback to control the situation. \u2014 Bill Melugin, Fox News , 15 June 2022",
"At the time, Border Patrol agents on horseback were photographed corralling migrants, images that some people said were suggestive of slavery. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"Yet the science of paleontology has moved on; no longer is dinosaur hunting financed by industry barons desperate to one-up one another, and no longer are dinosaurs collected by frontiersmen on horseback . \u2014 Steve Brusatte, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
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"Horseback riders share the trails with hikers at Brett Woods, a 185-acre conservation area. \u2014 Lisa Prevost, New York Times , 8 Mar. 2017"
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"There\u2019s no argument that today\u2019s cars, trucks, and SUVs are built and engineered far better than at any point since the days of the horseless carriage . \u2014 Jim Gorzelany, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Within a decade, however, the horseless carriage had greatly reduced demand for horse clippers. \u2014 Gregg Opelka, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
"Ford's ' horseless carriage ' had two speeds \u2014 10 and 20 miles per hour selected by twin drive belts. \u2014 Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press , 4 June 2021",
"The horseless carriage made its debut in Washington in 1897. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2021",
"Electricity has actually been competing with gasoline\u2014and steam\u2014to power automobiles since the very dawn of the horseless carriage . \u2014 Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver , 27 May 2020",
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"One of America's first horseless carriages is taken for a short test drive in Springfield, Mass., by Frank Duryea, who had designed the vehicle with his brother, Charles. \u2014 Fox News , 22 Sep. 2019",
"In 1893, one of America\u2019s first horseless carriages was taken for a short test drive in Springfield, Mass., by Frank Duryea, who had designed the vehicle with his brother, Charles. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 Sep. 2019"
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"The lamp got broken when the kids were engaging in a little horseplay .",
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"The Montgomerys said the bruise was caused by horseplay with a sibling. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
"Burnight, then the principal, describes the incident as essentially horseplay . \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Martha and George\u2019s fictitious baby \u2014 one of their private games Martha took upon herself to share with her guests in a night of brutal horseplay \u2014 will have to die. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
"His father, Aurvandil War-Raven (Ethan Hawke), is a pretty fun dad for a warrior chieftain, turning Amleth\u2019s initiation ceremony into a night of silly, flatulent horseplay . \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Sue says the fall was the result of the careless horseplay of teen boys, who\u2019d been dangling the child. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Ultimately, embracing horseplay is about giving your kids the space and trust to fulfill their needs for connection and joy. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Dec. 2021",
"The scene, which sets up eight years of horseplay between the two office pranksters, is also a feat of food engineering. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 Nov. 2021",
"The Alabama Legislature special session on redistricting has taken a detour into anti-vaccine mandate horseplay . \u2014 J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al , 3 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The better to handicap them later in events like the Breeders\u2019 Cup, presuming horseplayers are not blinded by 3\u00bd-year-olds. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Apr. 2020",
"Even as the world changes, horseplayers stay the same. \u2014 Danielle Allentuck, New York Times , 10 Apr. 2020",
"Old-school horseplayers should play the connections alone. \u2014 John Cherwa, latimes.com , 15 June 2019",
"Our goal is to deliver an ultra-competitive racing product with more entries and high-quality horses that appeal to bettors and horseplayers nationwide. \u2014 Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 6 Sep. 2019",
"Thank you to all of the dedicated horseplayers , horsemen, owners, front-side personnel and fans for your participation and support of Golden Gate Fields. \u2014 John Cherwa, latimes.com , 7 June 2018",
"Also on Twitter, @BetKeeneland is an interactive handle that provides horseplayers with real-time handicapping tips and insights while benefitting the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance through its Handicapper of the Day series. \u2014 Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 5 Apr. 2018",
"Thank you to all of the dedicated horseplayers , horsemen, owners, front-side personnel and fans for your participation and support of Golden Gate Fields. \u2014 John Cherwa, latimes.com , 7 June 2018",
"Also on Twitter, @BetKeeneland is an interactive handle that provides horseplayers with real-time handicapping tips and insights while benefitting the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance through its Handicapper of the Day series. \u2014 Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 5 Apr. 2018"
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"That isn\u2019t very different from the price of a four-wheel-drive V8-powered F-150 XL work truck which has a similar 400 horsepower and only 410 pound-feet of torque. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 11 May 2022",
"On Monday, the automaker announced that its electric pickups will have more horsepower and a higher payload capacity than first expected. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 3 May 2022",
"The i3 has 282 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque, and a 66.1-kWh battery providing 327 miles of range on China\u2019s test cycle. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The autonomous tractor is a version of Deere\u2019s existing 8R series machine, the largest of which has 410 horsepower . \u2014 John Mccormick, WSJ , 5 Jan. 2022",
"For those into bench racing, the twin-turbo V6 has a higher specific output\u2014 horsepower per liter\u2014than any McLaren engines other than the 4.0 L V8s in the Senna and the Elva. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
"Despite this, the Panther reportedly still has a 1,100 kilowatt/1,500 horsepower engine, the same amount of power available to the Leopard 2, so there might not be much difference to the power pack. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 14 June 2022",
"Several other once-promising EV companies are running out of runway, as legacy automakers belatedly begin to flex their horsepower and manufacturing costs spike. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
"More Blazer EV specs will be released in July, including range estimates, horsepower and torque ratings, and possibly even pricing. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 13 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The similarity between Jimmy Carr and Milhouse petting the horseshoe crab is uncanny. \u2014 Bethy Squires, Vulture , 1 Jan. 2022",
"The best comparison is the 2003 SARS outbreak, which was caused by a close cousin of the virus that causes COVID-19 and eventually traced back to a single population of horseshoe crab bats. \u2014 Erin Schumaker, ABC News , 8 Apr. 2021",
"Researchers pointed to the 2003 SARS outbreak, which was caused by a close cousin of the virus that causes COVID-19 and eventually traced back to a single population of horseshoe crab bats. \u2014 Erin Schumaker, ABC News , 30 Mar. 2021",
"The race to a vaccine: The horseshoe crab 's fluorescent blue blood is its best line of defense against toxins. \u2014 Ashley Shaffer, USA TODAY , 22 Sep. 2020",
"The story of the horseshoe crab is a lesson in humility. \u2014 Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com , 31 Dec. 2020",
"Humans owe a debt to the strange-looking, ancient horseshoe crab . \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 June 2020",
"Back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, there was concern over the fate of the horseshoe crab . \u2014 Doug Fraser, USA TODAY , 16 June 2020",
"Starting at $25, adopters receive a digital photo of a horseshoe crab and adoption certificate, plus a copy of its annual newsletter. \u2014 Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 May 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some examples are sharp point fluvellin, velvetleaf, puncturevine, horseweed , western bittercress and oxalis. \u2014 OregonLive.com , 27 Feb. 2018",
"Yet tolerance to 2,4-D has already been documented in several weed species that have elsewhere become glyphosate-resistant superweeds, including waterhemp and horseweed . \u2014 Brandon Keim, WIRED , 24 June 2014"
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"He thinks that any government official who steals public money should be horsewhipped .",
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"The Speccie\u2019s 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. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 23 Apr. 2020",
"In reality, Watson wasn\u2019t a bar fighter or famous for horsewhipping cowboys. \u2014 Eliza Mcgraw, Smithsonian , 12 Mar. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hemoglobin will go from typical male to typical female values within four months of hormone therapy . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 June 2022",
"Among all the arguments for regulating transgender athletes, one leaves the transgender community particularly dumbfounded \u2014 the fear that athletes might transition, changing their names, changing their bodies with hormone therapy , simply to win. \u2014 David Wharton, Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
"Burke\u2019s opinion, which cites Supreme Court and federal court precedent, blocks the part of the Alabama law that would prevent doctors from providing minors with age-appropriate gender-affirming care such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy . \u2014 Anne Branigin, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
"This type of care includes providing puberty blockers, hormone therapy or physical gender-affirming surgeries. \u2014 Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News , 10 May 2022",
"Thomas began transitioning in 2019 with hormone therapy and followed NCAA and Ivy League rules. \u2014 Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY , 18 Mar. 2022",
"She was treated with hormone therapy but eventually needed to undergo a single mastectomy as well as chemotherapy and radiation. \u2014 Serena Coady, SELF , 2 Mar. 2022",
"More recently, DeSantis\u2019 administration made moves to potentially deny Medicaid coverage for treatments such as hormone therapy and puberty-blocking medication for transgender people. \u2014 Amanda Rabines, Orlando Sentinel , 11 June 2022",
"Many at the hearing pointed out that the legislation is riddled with misinformation about hormone therapy , puberty blockers and gender reassignment surgery. \u2014 Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News , 14 May 2022"
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"The lake was a horseshoe surrounded by tall pine trees.",
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"The chairs are set up in a horseshoe in a narrow pink-walled back room. \u2014 Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"The pocket watch's front cover is engraved with a horseshoe and a garland of flowers around it, a metaphor for the horses before the race. \u2014 Caleb Stultz, The Courier-Journal , 3 June 2022",
"Around the horseshoe and beyond Who should oversee L.A.'s 10th District",
"Over nine months, audio surveys were conducted in 23 spots in the national park, revealing the presence of Hill's horseshoe bats at eight locations confined to a small area, according to Bat Conservation International. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Russia has deployed tanks and artillery, fighter jets and helicopters, advanced rocket systems and troops by the thousands all across Belarus, augmenting a fighting force that will soon envelope Ukraine like a horseshoe on three sides. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Jan. 2022",
"Located on the banks of the Katsuura River, on a double- horseshoe bend in the remote mountain town of Kamikatsu in southern Japan, the center was opened in 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic and has become a new heart for the community. \u2014 Rebecca Cairns, CNN , 25 Jan. 2022",
"On the ninth turn, a nasty horseshoe -shape curve, his luck ran out. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Jan. 2022",
"The pitcher was merely the fielder in the middle of the diamond who tossed the ball underhand \u2014 as if pitching a horseshoe \u2014 to home plate. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Aug. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Red clover adds oomph, oatstraw detangles, and horsetail prevents breakage. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 May 2022",
"Its all-natural formula contains nutrient-rich aloe, revitalizing horsetail , and restorative chamomile. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Blackberry, tree-of-heaven, invasive knotweeds, garlic mustard, lesser celandine, Italian arum and horsetail are some examples that are difficult to control. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 June 2021",
"This iconic horsetail -type waterfall has formed within the midst of Hakaui valley's jagged basalt peaks. \u2014 Stephanie Takyi, CNN , 2 June 2021",
"It is enhanced with horsetail extract to improve the circulation of key nutrients found inside this 8 oz refill pouch including soothing aloe vera leaf juice, shine-enhancing Jojoba Seed Oil and moisturizing Sunflower Seed Oil. \u2014 Jennifer Ford, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2021",
"But this blue-blazed trail, set within an 85-acre municipal park, offers a sweet reward for those who discover it: a 45-foot-tall horsetail waterfall, Notch Brook Cascade, set amid a hemlock grove. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Apr. 2021",
"Magick-Glow Worthy Ultra-Rich Moisturizer harnesses the power of peptides, Hyaluronic acid and skin-loving Jojoba oil along with unique botanical actives like green tea and horsetail extract to bring a golden-hour glow to all skin tones 24/7. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 28 Feb. 2021",
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"Allara reduces the difficult path to diagnosis from years to days, with their diagnostic tool which tests a wide range of hormonal and metabolic markers, such as thyroid levels and insulin resistance. \u2014 Anna Haines, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Anderson, who has been taking hormonal therapy for three years, still has the male gender marker in her identity documents. \u2014 Masha Gessen, The New Yorker , 14 June 2022",
"Its grave side effects such as cancer and hormonal disruption have led it to be banned by the FDA for use in antiseptic products. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"But numerous studies have shown that is not the mechanism of action for Plan B, a hormonal medication that delays ovulation and can prevent sperm from fertilizing an egg. \u2014 Sarah Varney, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
"But numerous studies have shown that is not the mechanism of action for Plan B, a hormonal medication that delays ovulation and can prevent sperm from fertilizing an egg. \u2014 Sarah Varney, ajc , 10 June 2022",
"Indeed, a growing body of evidence is finding that for some people, obesity may not be caused by overeating but by insulin resistance and hormonal issues \u2014 factors that are affected by the new class of weight loss drugs. \u2014 Lauren Dunn, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
"But numerous studies have shown that is not the mechanism of action for Plan B, a hormonal medication that delays ovulation and can prevent sperm from fertilizing an egg. \u2014 Sarah Varney, Scientific American , 8 June 2022",
"But numerous studies have shown that is not the mechanism of action for Plan B, a hormonal medication that delays ovulation and can prevent sperm from fertilizing an egg. \u2014 Sarah Varney, CNN , 7 June 2022"
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"We sailed toward the horizon .",
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"At some point later, Navia saw a concept sketch wearing the dashing costume of a medieval knight, hinting that some kind of fanciful episode was looming on the horizon . \u2014 Adam B. Vary, Variety , 2 July 2022",
"But other threats to interstate access are on the horizon , cautions Greer Donley, a legal scholar who coauthored a paper on the subject that was cited in the Dobbs dissent signed by the three liberal justices. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
"This can be a complicated task\u2014like trying to understand whether a galleon on the horizon is a hostile pirate ship or an innocuous merchant vessel, aided only by old maritime binoculars and in the middle of heavy fog. \u2014 Fabio Pacucci, Scientific American , 1 July 2022",
"Another top tier celebration of genre cinema is on the horizon with the 2022 outing of the Fantasia International Film Festival. \u2014 Jeff Ewing, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"Gounder, who is editor-at-large at the Kaiser Family Foundation Health News, recommends those scheduled to receive the already-existing booster COVID vaccine to keep their appointments despite the potential new booster vaccine on the horizon . \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 30 June 2022",
"Healthier, shinier hair is on the horizon thanks to this nourishing trio of products. \u2014 Sarah Han, Allure , 30 June 2022",
"Recession is appearing closer on the horizon as consumers show signs of crumbling under the weight of inflation, economists say. \u2014 Medora Lee, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
"In the wake of this uncertainty, Gonzales is trying to weigh immediate needs with preparing for what\u2019s on the horizon . \u2014 Katie Herchenroeder, The New Republic , 29 June 2022"
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"The chairs are set up in a horseshoe in a narrow pink-walled back room. \u2014 Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"The pocket watch's front cover is engraved with a horseshoe and a garland of flowers around it, a metaphor for the horses before the race. \u2014 Caleb Stultz, The Courier-Journal , 3 June 2022",
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"Over nine months, audio surveys were conducted in 23 spots in the national park, revealing the presence of Hill's horseshoe bats at eight locations confined to a small area, according to Bat Conservation International. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Russia has deployed tanks and artillery, fighter jets and helicopters, advanced rocket systems and troops by the thousands all across Belarus, augmenting a fighting force that will soon envelope Ukraine like a horseshoe on three sides. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Jan. 2022",
"Located on the banks of the Katsuura River, on a double- horseshoe bend in the remote mountain town of Kamikatsu in southern Japan, the center was opened in 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic and has become a new heart for the community. \u2014 Rebecca Cairns, CNN , 25 Jan. 2022",
"On the ninth turn, a nasty horseshoe -shape curve, his luck ran out. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Jan. 2022",
"The pitcher was merely the fielder in the middle of the diamond who tossed the ball underhand \u2014 as if pitching a horseshoe \u2014 to home plate. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Aug. 2021"
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"In the early 1960s, the bistate agency took over what was then the struggling Hudson and Manhattan Railroad as part of a horse trade between New Jersey and New York that committed the Port to build the first World Trade Center. \u2014 Paul Berger, WSJ , 30 Nov. 2018"
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"\u2014 Francisco Goldman",
"[food historian Elaine] Gonzalez says it's a coincidence that horchata has evolved into a rice-base drink in the Americas, while Valencia is known worldwide for its rice cultivation. Also interesting, she says, is the fact that some American versions substitute almonds instead of using rice as a base.",
"\u2014 Maureen Jenkins",
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"In a quest to wipe out the 'murder hornet ,' scientists will set 1,000 traps in Washington state. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"Spokane: Scientists will set about 1,000 traps this year in their quest to wipe out the Asian giant hornet in Washington, the state Department of Agriculture said Tuesday. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"The resulting friction heats up the air around the hornet and overwhelms them with carbon dioxide. \u2014 Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science , 23 Oct. 2020",
"The hornet could spread either naturally or through accidental human transport. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 24 Sep. 2020",
"Each trap was outfitted with a dummy female hornet to attract the males as well, Nieh said. \u2014 Megan Marples, CNN , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The Asian giant hornet , the world's largest at 2 inches, can decimate entire hives of honeybees and deliver a painful sting to humans. \u2014 USA TODAY , 1 Aug. 2020",
"Both sections hummed like a hornet \u2019s nest as Wong plugged into the music\u2019s rhythmic vigor while sustaining grace and ebullience. \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Laura Kipnis likes to be a cage rattler, a fly in the ointment, a poker of hornet \u2019s nests. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 14 Feb. 2022"
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"The online whole animal butcher shop focuses on sustainability, using only pasture raised animals from small family farms in Kentucky and Tennessee that are hormone and antibiotic free, raised outside, and fed vegetarian, non-GMO feed. \u2014 Larry Olmsted, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Doctors have also testified at the State House in favor of the bill, saying the long-range outcomes for those who undergo the puberty-blocking and hormone treatments are poor or unknown. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Vitamin D is both a hormone produced by humans and a nutrient found in some foods, according to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. \u2014 Valerie Pavilonis, USA TODAY , 9 Feb. 2022",
"The latest advance in SCBI\u2019s technique is a revised hormone injection schedule that improves upon the timing of insemination. \u2014 Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Aug. 2021",
"And while almost every other sector has been suffering, the pandemic has functioned like a hormone injection for Big Tech. \u2014 William Deresiewicz, Harper's Magazine , 25 May 2021",
"Diabetic with meals 25 grams of net carbs or less and lean protein to help regulate blood sugar, and Menopause which is designed by doctors to help with hormone changes. \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Cdn, Nasm-cpt, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
"Those laws include bans on transgender girls from competing in female sports at schools and on providing medical care such as hormone blockers and other treatments, as well as curriculum restrictions. \u2014 Catherine Lucey, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Some are asking about medication that suppresses puberty or about hormone -replacement treatments. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022"
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"The principal entered the hornet's nest of angry parents.",
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"The first Asian giant hornet's nest of the year was eradicated late last month in rural Whatcom County. \u2014 Jenn Selva, CNN , 12 Sep. 2021",
"If diplomacy fails, the use of military force looms as the only other option--a hornet's nest that even Trump dared not stir. \u2014 The St. Louis Post-dispatch, Arkansas Online , 23 June 2021",
"The first murder hornet's nest was discovered in a tree and destroyed in late October in the town of Blaine in Whatcom County, located along the Canadian border. \u2014 Fox News , 11 Nov. 2020",
"With its lease on life extended another year, the modernizing committee is looking into issues that could rile up the hornet's nest . \u2014 Author: Paul Kane, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Dec. 2019",
"But the attempt to kick out KairosPDX charter school was a political hornet's nest . \u2014 Bethany Barnes, OregonLive.com , 26 Apr. 2018",
"An order by Trump to revisit how the land is used has been like poking a hornet's nest with a stick. \u2014 latimes.com , 16 Mar. 2018",
"Lawmakers are navigating a hornet's nest of competing issues and egos. \u2014 Amber Phillips, Washington Post , 22 Jan. 2018",
"New Athletic Director Andy Lambert, who was hired in March, likened his arrival at Lake Zurich High School to walking into a hornet's nest . \u2014 Phil Rockrohr, chicagotribune.com , 26 Dec. 2017"
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"Later, the train blew its horn and the riders returned, snapping photographs alongside the cars. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"Conductor-pianist Nathan Koci leads an onstage seven-piece jazz orchestra, which includes dancing trombonist Audrey Ochoa and some fine string and horn players. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"The instruments' arrangement \u2014 including the addition of piano, french horn , and the London Bach Choir \u2014 grows the track with the confidence, consolation, and comfort that made the song universally beloved. \u2014 Derek Scancarelli, EW.com , 12 May 2022",
"These boats are wide and colorful, their distinctive prows curved like a rhino\u2019s horn and detailed with vivid, often raunchy scenes. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The driver honked their horn and Slater slammed on his breaks, WSVN reported. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
"In the opening bars, the first big A-major chord landed with a grand thump, but the tuttis in the third, fifth, and seventh bars were a shade more recessed, ceding space to the intervening oboe, clarinet, horn , and flute solos. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 23 Aug. 2021",
"Around the horn Trey Mancini will miss two to three games after he was hit by a pitch Monday on the knuckles of his right hand, leading to intense swelling. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022"
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"Later, the train blew its horn and the riders returned, snapping photographs alongside the cars. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"Conductor-pianist Nathan Koci leads an onstage seven-piece jazz orchestra, which includes dancing trombonist Audrey Ochoa and some fine string and horn players. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"The instruments' arrangement \u2014 including the addition of piano, french horn , and the London Bach Choir \u2014 grows the track with the confidence, consolation, and comfort that made the song universally beloved. \u2014 Derek Scancarelli, EW.com , 12 May 2022",
"These boats are wide and colorful, their distinctive prows curved like a rhino\u2019s horn and detailed with vivid, often raunchy scenes. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The driver honked their horn and Slater slammed on his breaks, WSVN reported. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
"In the opening bars, the first big A-major chord landed with a grand thump, but the tuttis in the third, fifth, and seventh bars were a shade more recessed, ceding space to the intervening oboe, clarinet, horn , and flute solos. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 23 Aug. 2021",
"Around the horn Trey Mancini will miss two to three games after he was hit by a pitch Monday on the knuckles of his right hand, leading to intense swelling. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022"
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"In winning the Blue Grass Stakes, Good Magic has qualified for bad karma. Keeneland\u2019s showcase race has lately had about as much bearing on the Kentucky Derby as have lawn jockeys and horseflies . \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 7 Apr. 2018",
"Departing various Northeastern professional arcadias and supposedly superior dining opportunities for the bleached-linen, biscuit-baking, horsefly -biting landscape of my childhood. \u2014 Allison Glock, Southern Living , 14 Sep. 2012",
"Departing various Northeastern professional arcadias and supposedly superior dining opportunities for the bleached-linen, biscuit-baking, horsefly -biting landscape of my childhood. \u2014 Allison Glock, Southern Living , 14 Sep. 2012",
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"Departing various Northeastern professional arcadias and supposedly superior dining opportunities for the bleached-linen, biscuit-baking, horsefly -biting landscape of my childhood. \u2014 Allison Glock, Southern Living , 14 Sep. 2012"
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"Within a decade of his death, Angelenos were jilting horseflesh contests for horsepower. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"Co-owner of Variety Wholesalers, a company whose more than 400 retail outlets include two Roses discount stores in Louisville, Pope has stocked her stable with some of the priciest horseflesh in the hemisphere. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 3 May 2022",
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"In a sport where success is often self-perpetuating, in which hot trainers tend to be entrusted with ever-pricier horseflesh , Cox has moved far enough up the ladder to see the promised land. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 6 Nov. 2020",
"The jockeys, meanwhile, work while riding 1,200-pound animals at 30 miles an hour, multiple times every day, in a chaotic rodeo of horseflesh , where one bad step or one poor decision can kill people. \u2014 Tim Layden, SI.com , 6 June 2018",
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"adjective"
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": of or relating to a horoscope":[]
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"-p\u0113k",
"-k\u014dp-"
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"verb"
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": pommel horse":[],
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": cavalry":[],
": a mass of the same geologic character as the wall rock that occurs within a vein of useful mineral matter":[],
": horsepower":[
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": an athlete whose performance is consistently strong and reliable":[
"a team with the horses to win the pennant"
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"horsing a coach",
"a horsed vehicle"
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"sweating gunners horsed their pieces into action",
"\u2014 Bruce Catton"
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"\u02c8h\u022f(\u0259)rs",
"\u02c8h\u022frs"
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"nag",
"steed"
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"a car with 275 horses",
"He lost a lot of money on the horses .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"From the entrance of the farm, the perpetual roar of the 101 and the anxiety of Los Angeles fade away, replaced with rustling trees and the occasional bray of a horse . \u2014 Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone , 5 July 2022",
"This show is based on Kate Beaton's picture book The Princess and the Pony, about a girl who wants a warrior horse , and gets ... something else. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 1 July 2022",
"Set against a completely black backdrop, the Renaissance cover features a mostly bare Bey with long blonde hair, saddled on a glowing silver horse . \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 30 June 2022",
"The superstar singer posted an ethereal photo of herself upon a see-through horse on her verified Instagram account Thursday, captioned with some insight. \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 30 June 2022",
"On June 30, Beyonc\u00e9 unveiled the cover art for her album on Instagram, which shows her sitting on top of a silver horse while draped in jewels. \u2014 Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
"The image sees her posing regally atop the silhouette of a luminous horse . \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 30 June 2022",
"The artwork features a mostly-naked Beyonc\u00e9 embodying the image of Lady Godiva on a celestial CGI horse . \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 30 June 2022",
"One photoshoot in 2009 featured a shirtless Putin riding a horse in the mountains. \u2014 Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post , 26 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"While horse deaths nationwide have been on the decline -- from 790 racehorses in 2009 to 493 last year, according to the Jockey Club -- Santa Anita's numbers have fluctuated over the years. \u2014 Eliott C. Mclaughlin, CNN , 11 June 2019",
"Horse hooves thunder down green acres as mallets clank against polo balls in the setting sun. \u2014 Elisabeth Moughon, The Courier-Journal , 27 July 2017",
"Horse races were canceled at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia and the Los Alamitos Race Course in Cypress. \u2014 Mark Gomez, The Mercury News , 18 Feb. 2017"
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"Middle English hors , from Old English; akin to Old High German hros horse":"Noun, Verb, and Adjective"
},
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
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"geographical name",
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": one of the permanent paired hollow sheaths of keratin usually present in both sexes of cattle and their relatives that function chiefly for defense and arise from a bony core anchored to the skull \u2014 see cow illustration":[],
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": one of the equally disadvantageous alternatives presented by a dilemma":[],
": telephone":[],
"cape just south of the Arctic Circle in northwestern Iceland":[]
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"\u02c8h\u022frn",
"\u02c8h\u022f(\u0259)rn"
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"cornet",
"cornucopia"
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"examples":[
"musketeers carrying their gunpowder in powder horns",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Instrumentation is provided by two circular digital dials\u2014one for speed, one for engine rpm and fuel level\u2014with switchgear limited to a turn-signal stalk and toggles for the lights, horn , and, under a flap, the engine start button. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 15 June 2022",
"Later, the train blew its horn and the riders returned, snapping photographs alongside the cars. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"Conductor-pianist Nathan Koci leads an onstage seven-piece jazz orchestra, which includes dancing trombonist Audrey Ochoa and some fine string and horn players. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"The instruments' arrangement \u2014 including the addition of piano, french horn , and the London Bach Choir \u2014 grows the track with the confidence, consolation, and comfort that made the song universally beloved. \u2014 Derek Scancarelli, EW.com , 12 May 2022",
"These boats are wide and colorful, their distinctive prows curved like a rhino\u2019s horn and detailed with vivid, often raunchy scenes. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The driver honked their horn and Slater slammed on his breaks, WSVN reported. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
"In the opening bars, the first big A-major chord landed with a grand thump, but the tuttis in the third, fifth, and seventh bars were a shade more recessed, ceding space to the intervening oboe, clarinet, horn , and flute solos. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 23 Aug. 2021",
"Around the horn Trey Mancini will miss two to three games after he was hit by a pitch Monday on the knuckles of his right hand, leading to intense swelling. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022"
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"Middle English, going back to Old English, going back to Germanic *hurna- (whence also Old Frisian, Old High German & Old Norse horn \"horn,\" Gothic haurn ), going back to Indo-European *\u1e31r\u0325-n-o, perhaps originally \"object made of bony material from the head\" (whence also Latin cornum, corn\u016b \"horn,\" Welsh carn \"hoof, hilt, handle,\" Breton karn \"hoof,\" and, with an additional velar suffix, Sanskrit \u015b\u0155\u0325\u1e45gam \"horn\"), derivative of a base *\u1e31er-, elsewhere with laryngeal element *\u1e31er-h 2 - \"bony material constituting the skull or horns\" \u2014 more at kerato-":""
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"noun"
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"first_known_use":{
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": a terminally borne hormogonium in some blue-green algae with cells modified in shape and having exceptionally thick walls":[]
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"noun"
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Summery seafood offerings include sashimi, charred fillets of horse mackerel wrapped around asparagus, and an exceptionally buttery scallop risotto, served appealingly on the pearly half shell. \u2014 Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker , 4 June 2021",
"Instead, Currie\u2019s nets caught mostly gurnards, Cape horse mackerel , spiny dogfish, and shallow-water hake, and white sea catfish, which together made up 85 percent of Currie\u2019s catch, compared with a historical three percent. \u2014 Petro Kotz\u00e9, Smithsonian Magazine , 29 Dec. 2020",
"At his six-seat sushi restaurant in Manhattan Beach, Yasuhiro Hirano \u2014 clad in gloves and a cloth face mask \u2014 unveiled two wooden boxes filled with cuts of glistening fish: golden-eye snapper, yellowtail, shima aji, belt fish and horse mackerel . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2020",
"In the Mediterranean samples there were rock gobies, horse mackerel and sardines. \u2014 The Economist , 5 June 2019"
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1705, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200339"
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"noun"
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": horseshoe crab":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204229"
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"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
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": a mass of the same geologic character as the wall rock that occurs within a vein of useful mineral matter":[],
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"a team with the horses to win the pennant"
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"horsing a coach",
"a horsed vehicle"
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": to move by brute force":[
"sweating gunners horsed their pieces into action",
"\u2014 Bruce Catton"
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": to be in heat or estrus":[],
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"a horse farm"
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"\u02c8h\u022f(\u0259)rs",
"\u02c8h\u022frs"
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"nag",
"steed"
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"a car with 275 horses",
"He lost a lot of money on the horses .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"From the entrance of the farm, the perpetual roar of the 101 and the anxiety of Los Angeles fade away, replaced with rustling trees and the occasional bray of a horse . \u2014 Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone , 5 July 2022",
"This show is based on Kate Beaton's picture book The Princess and the Pony, about a girl who wants a warrior horse , and gets ... something else. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 1 July 2022",
"Set against a completely black backdrop, the Renaissance cover features a mostly bare Bey with long blonde hair, saddled on a glowing silver horse . \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 30 June 2022",
"The superstar singer posted an ethereal photo of herself upon a see-through horse on her verified Instagram account Thursday, captioned with some insight. \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 30 June 2022",
"On June 30, Beyonc\u00e9 unveiled the cover art for her album on Instagram, which shows her sitting on top of a silver horse while draped in jewels. \u2014 Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
"The image sees her posing regally atop the silhouette of a luminous horse . \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 30 June 2022",
"The artwork features a mostly-naked Beyonc\u00e9 embodying the image of Lady Godiva on a celestial CGI horse . \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 30 June 2022",
"One photoshoot in 2009 featured a shirtless Putin riding a horse in the mountains. \u2014 Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post , 26 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"While horse deaths nationwide have been on the decline -- from 790 racehorses in 2009 to 493 last year, according to the Jockey Club -- Santa Anita's numbers have fluctuated over the years. \u2014 Eliott C. Mclaughlin, CNN , 11 June 2019",
"Horse hooves thunder down green acres as mallets clank against polo balls in the setting sun. \u2014 Elisabeth Moughon, The Courier-Journal , 27 July 2017",
"Horse races were canceled at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia and the Los Alamitos Race Course in Cypress. \u2014 Mark Gomez, The Mercury News , 18 Feb. 2017"
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},
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204529"
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"verb"
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"definitions":{
": to join in something (such as a conversation) without invitation or consent : intrude":[
"\u2026 awkwardly horning in during a high-level chat \u2026",
"\u2014 A. B. Stoddard",
"\u2014 usually used with on He always horns in on the conversation. They horned in on our game."
],
": to forcibly take control or possession from another":[
"Sometimes I fed him \u2026 . When other gulls tried to horn in , he fought them off, three, four at a time.",
"\u2014 Barry Stringfellow",
"\u2014 usually used with on won't let anyone else horn in on their territory overseas producers look to horn in on the U.S. market"
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"first_known_use":{
"1905, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": new zealand pepper tree":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205049"
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"plural noun"
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": either of two belts or regions in the neighborhood of 30\u00b0 N and 30\u00b0 S latitude characterized by high pressure, calms, and light variable winds":[]
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"1777, in the meaning defined above":""
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": having rims of horn":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212010"
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221048"
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"geographical name"
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"mountain where according to the Bible the Law was given to Moses; thought to be in the Gebel Musa mountain group on Sinai Peninsula":[]
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"noun"
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": a noisemaking device based on the principle of a rosined bow drawn across a string":[]
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": a disease of tea and other tropical plants caused by a fungus ( Marasmius equicrinis ) the mycelium of which hangs in black festoons from the branches":[]
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"noun"
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"1837, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230908"
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"plural noun"
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": glasses with horn rims":[]
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"\u02c8h\u022frn-\u02ccrimz"
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"first_known_use":{
"1927, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231531"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yakteen is considered a very good horseman who has never been on the national stage as the front man. \u2014 John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
"Although Trump is the head horseman of this lawless apocalypse, and Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson are its heralds, Giuliani has been its irresistible avatar\u2014a particular irony for a man once seen as a champion of the rule of law. \u2014 Jim Sleeper, The New Republic , 16 June 2022",
"Grimes plays Kayce Dutton, the prodigal son of John Dutton (Kevin Costner), who\u2019s also an expert horseman and former Navy SEAL. \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The book of Revelation says that the first horseman of the apocalypse rode a white horse and went forth to conquer. \u2014 Leif Wenar, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
"Performing live and appearing in nearly 40 movies, Mr. Fern\u00e1ndez cultivated an image as a charro, a traditional horseman , singing in the saddle at times like Gene Autry or Roy Rogers. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Dec. 2021",
"Though only two winners of the Breeders\u2019 Cup Juvenile have gone on to win the Derby, there\u2019s nothing like a top 2-year-old to spark a horseman \u2019s imagination. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 7 Nov. 2021",
"Her English father had grown up in a grand house in Somerset and was a brilliant horseman . \u2014 Francine Prose, The New York Review of Books , 22 Nov. 2018",
"Bold horseman gallop up a green hill into a swarm of spears. \u2014 Will Bedingfield, Wired , 25 Oct. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The core principle of humane warfare is that fighters may kill one another at any time, excepting those who are rendered hors de combat , and must avoid targeting civilians. \u2014 Anand Gopal, The New Yorker , 14 Dec. 2020",
"Joakim Nordstrom and defensemen Kevan Miller and John Moore are hors de combat . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 Oct. 2019",
"Among the missing bodies against the Caps were Patrice Bergeron (new to the hors de combat list), Jake DeBrusk, and Torey Krug (placed on the IR on Saturday). \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 Nov. 2019",
"Based on what Cassidy told NESN postgame, the 33-year-old Krejci likely went hors de combat because of a cross-check to his right arm by the Ducks\u2019 Ryan Getzlaf. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 Oct. 2019",
"In just two weeks the likes of Roethlisberger, Drew Brees, Sam Darnold, Darnold\u2019s backup Trevor Siemian, Nick Foles and possibly Cam Newton have been rendered hors de combat . \u2014 Gary Peterson, The Mercury News , 18 Sep. 2019"
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"definitions":{
": any of various hymenopterous insects (family Siricidae) related to the typical sawflies but having females with a stout hornlike ovipositor and larvae that burrow in woody plants":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"More than 6,000 horntail snails have been plucked from the ground in South Florida, in what the state agriculture department describes as a successful campaign to eliminate the non-native pest from commercial nurseries. \u2014 David Fleshler, sun-sentinel.com , 6 Jan. 2022"
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": a portion of a filament in many cyanobacteria that becomes detached as a reproductive body":[]
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"definitions":{
": a small dark gray European dipteran fly ( Haematobia irritans ) that has been introduced into North America where it is a blood-sucking pest especially of cattle":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Suzan Murray, director of the Smithsonian\u2019s Global Health Program, suggests that climate change may play a role: Insects such as horn flies that could be transmitting parasites could be thriving in generally warmer and wetter conditions. \u2014 Jacob Brogan, Smithsonian , 19 May 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
"1708, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044533"
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": a rather coarse edible mushroom ( Agaricus arvensis ) with a hollow stem, pale gills, and a broad white cap \u2014 compare meadow mushroom":[]
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