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Randy McCrory, Arkansas Online, 3 Aug. 2023
The right of way officially applies only to movement; paths are for walking (and bridle ways for riding), not for camping or picnicking or drawing or hula-hooping.
—Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 26 July 2023
And that’s why its local craftspeople were posted on the narrow streets hand-making orecchiette, weaving straw baskets, working leather into bridles, and even carving children’s toys out of cactus leaves.
—Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 9 July 2023
Corazza admits that some of the Roblox community bridle at the idea their work will train AI.
—Will Bedingfield, WIRED, 4 July 2023
Inside, the interior is a sea of beautifully detailed tobacco-brown bridle leather, interrupted by only a handful of buttons.
—Robin Swithinbank, Robb Report, 30 May 2023
The sticky gel on the wagon axles and the connection to the horse's bridle suggest Link built this wagon himself from component parts.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 13 Apr. 2023
Belts with suits have always been welcome at Sid Mashburn, which stocks a dizzying array of belts from dressy bridle leather to a hairy zebra hide.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2023
Dental damage on one horse and bony growths on the skull of another suggest people had put bridles on the animals, per Science News’ Bruce Bower.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
Charlie Campbell, Time, 22 Aug. 2023
And her son bridled at having to share personal information that Chavez needed in order to apply.
—Selene Rivera, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
The lack of opposition is a measure of how fearful policymakers are that European consumers and businesses will bridle at shouldering the suddenly astronomical energy costs, ushering in social unrest and political chaos, as well as a recession.
—Matina Stevis-Gridneff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2022
Ramaswamy, who bridles at corporations branding themselves as socially conscious, stepped down as chief executive.
—Steven Mufson, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Apr. 2023
In earlier studies of dental remains, researchers found that humans drank horse milk and used bits and bridles more than 5,000 years ago.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2023
But a few Likud veterans may bridle.
—Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2022
Once Gonzaga shook out the cobwebs, the Bulldogs kept the Huskies bridled with defense, with hard hedges on screens and Timme sagging off Andre Jackson Jr. to protect the lane.
—John Marshall, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
Once Gonzaga shook out the cobwebs, the Bulldogs kept the Huskies bridled with defense, with hard hedges on screens and Timme sagging off Jackson to protect the lane.
—John Marshall, ajc, 26 Mar. 2023
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Word History
Noun
Middle English bridel, from Old English brīdel; akin to Old English bregdan to move quickly — more at braid
Verb
Middle English bridlen, going back to Old English brīdlian, verbal derivative of brīdel bridle entry 1
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
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“Bridle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bridle. Accessed 25 Sep. 2023.
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