on horseback
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: on the back of a horse : by riding a horse
Before the invention of the automobile, people often traveled on horseback.
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But the studio didn't strip all the poetry from the adventure of being young, lost, in love, and on horseback at the moment 20th-century modernity crushed the cowboy.
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and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 21 June 2024
Cops flooded the sprawling 240-acre park over the weekend, placing lights along the path and patrolling the trail on horseback.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 17 June 2024
Later, the royals on horseback showed off their salute with one hand on the reins.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
Her three children sat with her, while Prince William rode on horseback to the parade.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 15 June 2024
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and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 21 June 2024
Cops flooded the sprawling 240-acre park over the weekend, placing lights along the path and patrolling the trail on horseback.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 17 June 2024
Later, the royals on horseback showed off their salute with one hand on the reins.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
Her three children sat with her, while Prince William rode on horseback to the parade.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 15 June 2024
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“On horseback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20horseback. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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