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A well-broken agent on the farm, Boxer persists in his support of increasingly destructive policies until his ultimately fatal collapse from fanatic overwork.
Gabriel Schivone: An 'Animal Farm' Enters the Annals of US Border Enforcement Gabriel Schivone 2012
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Or perhaps it was like a pair of well-broken boots, easy to forget once donned.
Orbit Books Free Sample SciFi Fantasy Book: The Future Is Now 30 | SciFi UK Review 2005
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Surely there was a well-broken horse in the canyon that someone would part with.
Deuces Wild Dusty Richards 2004
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In Chile I was told an anecdote, which I believe was true; and it offers a good illustration of the use of a well-broken animal.
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In Chile I was told an anecdote, which I believe was true; and it offers a good illustration of the use of a well-broken animal.
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He was, in fact, noted for preferring vicious animals, given to all kinds of tricks, which kept the rider in constant risk of his neck, for he held a tractable well-broken horse as unworthy of a lad of spirit.
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These well-broken Pennsylvania draft horses shared obediently in the march.
LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001
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These well-broken Pennsylvania draft horses shared obediently in the march.
LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001
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Augustus had always been careful to choose gentle, well-broken mounts.
Comanche Moon Larry McMurtry 1997
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