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Yet Scotland shot back with wing Duhan van der Merwe going over in the corner after replacement Stafford McDowall had cantered through the heart of England's defence.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2025

This was the day after she had cantered beside Mrs. Hoover in the Blue Ridge mountains.

From Time Magazine Archive

"One for you, too, Betty," the girls heard him say, but he had cantered off down the avenue before they discovered what it was he had left for them.

From The Little Colonel's House Party by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)

Before anybody could interpose, Brayle had cantered lightly into the field and the enemy's works were in crackling conflagration.

From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians by Bierce, Ambrose

At any rate, one fine morning, some days before this eventful Wednesday, he had mounted his old hunter, Nimrod, and had cantered across country by gaps and gates from Acherley to Woosenham Park.

From Ovington's Bank by Weyman, Stanley J.