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"\u2014 Flora Thompson"
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"\u2014 Abraham Tucker"
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"\u2014 H. D. Skidmore",
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"\u2014 Helen Rich"
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"\u2014 Hugh MacLennan"
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"\u2014 Randall Jarrell"
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"\u2014 Mary Nash"
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"\u2014 T. B. Costain"
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"\u2014 Tennessee Williams"
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"He hunched his shoulders as he headed out into the storm.",
"he hunched next to a bush to avoid being seen",
"Noun",
"My hunch is that the stock is going to go up in value.",
"\u201cHow did you know I'd be here",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"This hunch that certain behaviors began before dog breeds helps explain why the study team found that traits like retrieving, pointing and howling \u2014 behaviors described as motor patterns \u2014 are more heritable. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Engineers, most of them in their twenties and thirties, hunch over keyboards. \u2014 Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The further your shoulders hunch , the more strain there is on the mid-back (thoracic spine). \u2014 Ben Walker, Outside Online , 28 Aug. 2020",
"The 40-minute video below, which is the sixth installment of Sweat With SELF\u2019s Yoga for Beginners series, seeks to counteract all of that forward hunch that many of us are all too familiar with. \u2014 Christa Sgobba, SELF , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Her shoulders hunch forward, her spine following the curve of a question mark. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Aug. 2021",
"Using a standing desk at the proper height prevents the tendency to hunch over and keeps your arms and forearms at neutral. \u2014 Zac Ginsburg, Wired , 22 June 2021",
"Your shoulders will hunch forward and your body will ache. \u2014 Carla Ciccone, The New Yorker , 12 June 2021",
"Just as Games 1 and 2 were outlier shooting performances in Dallas\u2019 favor, Game 4 went the other way, proving Lue\u2019s hunch correct that the Mavericks would have to cool off at some point. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"After all, both hunch and heart are too soft to be taken seriously. \u2014 Gregory Stebbins, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Further research into family records confirmed Bellerjeau\u2019s hunch that Liss was actually a nickname for Elizabeth. \u2014 Claire Bellerjeau And Tiffany Yecke Brooks, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 May 2022",
"Sure enough, reports CNN\u2019s Sana Noor Haq, his hunch was correct. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 May 2022",
"Our hunch was to make it about being a bit quieter. \u2014 Samantha Highfill, EW.com , 13 May 2022",
"Their hunch has been that relying more on the government could limit the growth of the IITs, or potential comprise their autonomy. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 10 May 2022",
"The historic Metropolitan Storage building in Cambridge was closing, and the story \u2014 and especially its evocative photos \u2014 sparked a hunch . \u2014 Kate Tuttle, BostonGlobe.com , 11 May 2022",
"His hunch was seemingly confirmed in 2011, when he was introduced to the Seri, a remote tribe on the eastern shore of the Gulf of California. \u2014 The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Turns out his hunch was right, while the Jaguars protected their intentions like a state secret. \u2014 Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The quintessential da Cunhian paradox mixes beauty and strength with a vision of a monstrous hunchback . \u2014 Ela Bittencourt, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Though there is a rich historical debate over the king\u2019s record, most people still think of him as the power-mad hunchback depicted by Shakespeare. \u2014 Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com , 29 Jan. 2021",
"As a result, the Yennefer in the final episodes is much older than the hunchback novice Yennefer of the first few. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 16 Jan. 2020",
"But BMWs product planners turned out to be right about the hunchback of Munich. \u2014 Scott Oldham, Car and Driver , 14 Jan. 2020",
"He was also given a large scarlet birthmark on his face instead of a hunchback . \u2014 Heidi Waleson, WSJ , 25 June 2019",
"So magnificent are these 300 warriors that they surely would have held the pass indefinitely ... if not for the actions of a scurrilous traitor, Ephialtes, a misshapen hunchback who was too deformed to serve in the Spartan line. \u2014 Myke Cole, The New Republic , 1 Aug. 2019",
"Ephialtes was neither a Spartan nor a hunchback , and may not have existed at all. \u2014 Myke Cole, The New Republic , 1 Aug. 2019",
"The doctor travels to Transylvania, where his own monster, played by Kevin Michael Myers, will be born aided by a hunchback sidekick (Cody Swanson), lab assistant (Kaylea Kudlaty) and sour-faced housekeeper (Rebecca Riffle Polito). \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland.com , 19 July 2019"
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"it seems like we've answered this question hundreds of times",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Celebrities like John Boyega have spoken out against the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis by a police officer just as hundreds are protesting in the city and around the country. \u2014 Omar Sanchez, EW.com , 29 May 2020",
"On June 30 \u2014 the date when most contracts in European soccer expire \u2014 hundreds , if not thousands, of players will be out of work. \u2014 Rory Smith, New York Times , 11 May 2020",
"Men\u2019s professional soccer is the world\u2019s most popular sport; many of the players on the U.S. men\u2019s team make hundreds of thousands, and even millions, playing for their club teams. \u2014 Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker , 4 May 2020",
"There are hundreds , if not thousands, of models that promise to do effectively the same thing: bag fish. \u2014 Outdoor Life , 27 Apr. 2020",
"Days before at a larger protest in Raleigh hundreds gathered to speak out against Gov. Roy Cooper\u2019s extension of the stay-at-home order until May 8. \u2014 Fox News , 1 May 2020",
"Arab states, Israel, and Turkey have issued nighttime curfews starting before or just after sunset to prevent citizens from forming their own public late night tarawih prayers, gatherings that could reach the hundreds to thousands. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 Apr. 2020",
"The Fourth Circuit ruling giving the National Park Service control of Forest Service land hundreds feet under the trail is as fantastical as the Dr. Seuss character. \u2014 WSJ , 4 Mar. 2020",
"Across the United States, even as coronavirus deaths are being recorded in terrifying numbers \u2014 many hundreds each day \u2014 the true death toll is likely much higher. \u2014 Sarah Kliff, BostonGlobe.com , 6 Apr. 2020"
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"Middle English, from Old English, from hund hundred + -red (akin to Goth rathjo account, number); akin to Latin centum hundred, Greek he katon , Old English tien ten \u2014 more at ten , reason entry 1":""
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"Adjective",
"stood penitently before the judge with a hung head while he received his sentence",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The first trial ended in a hung jury and the second trial resulted in a guilty plea. \u2014 Ashlee Banks, Essence , 23 June 2022",
"Davis\u2019 murder trials went like this: His first, in 2017, resulted in a hung jury. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
"Davis\u2019 murder trials went like this: His first, in 2017, resulted in a hung jury. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 6 June 2022",
"The trial of Michael Anthony Brown, a Mount Airy man accused of murdering his stepfather-in-law and business partner Robert Gurecki in Eldersburg in 2019, ended in a hung jury Monday afternoon following two days of deliberations. \u2014 Cameron Goodnight, Baltimore Sun , 24 May 2022",
"In New Jersey, a two-year corruption indictment against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat, ended with a hung jury in 2017. \u2014 Paul J. Weber And Jake Bleiberg, Chron , 23 May 2022",
"Castroneves faced federal charges of tax evasion in 2008, and he was acquitted in '09 on six charges, with one resulting in a hung jury. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 16 May 2022",
"This case had two trials, the first trial ending in a hung jury late last year, and the second, which began in February, ultimately resulting in the massive verdict. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 May 2022",
"The trial resulted in a hung jury, split along gender lines. \u2014 Morgan Canty, CBS News , 30 Apr. 2022"
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"1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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"Many people are hung up about their physical appearance.",
"parents of a toddler who are already hung up about her getting into a good college",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The local branch of the All-China Women's Federation hung up the phone. \u2014 Nectar Gan, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"In the meantime, scoop up styles already on sale (and marked down up to 45%), like the bestselling Zella leggings and Moonlight pajamas, and choose from hoards of summer dresses just ready to be hung up in your closet. \u2014 Sarah Madaus, SELF , 14 May 2022",
"The jury appears to be hung up on the weapons of mass destruction charge - which three defendants are facing - and the possession of an unregistered destructive device, which two defendants are facing. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Unlike other portable gravity showers that need to be hung up and provide minimal pressure, Nemo\u2019s lightweight construction rests on the ground and is pressurized by a foot pump; a few stomps give you a seven-to-ten-minute full-power rinse. \u2014 Bryan Rogala, Outside Online , 31 Mar. 2020",
"On May 30, 2002, workers hung up their hardhats and put away the black buckets that had been used in the cleanup. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 31 May 2022",
"The girls in the apartment hung up party decorations, cut up shiny confetti to use as a prop in the music video, and even called some friends to come over. \u2014 Seventeen , 31 May 2022",
"The child hung up and called several more times, her words growing increasingly desperate and grim. \u2014 Kim Bellware, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"Some got tickets on short notice and can\u2019t find affordable accommodations, some had lodging arrangements fall through, some just aren\u2019t hung up on things like planning or sleeping in a bed. \u2014 al , 19 May 2022"
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"1878, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u2014 Mordecai Richler"
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"Noun",
"She has been a leader in the fight against world hunger .",
"One sandwich wasn't enough to satisfy his hunger .",
"Her students have a genuine hunger for knowledge.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But a statement released by the White House said that $2 billion of the US aid would be used for direct humanitarian intervention in areas facing immediate hunger or famine. \u2014 Michael D. Shear, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"Caitlin Welsh, a veteran expert in global food security who heads that program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said hunger and famine have consequences for both health and politics. \u2014 Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"That has included a strong focus on addressing poverty. Through its Community Hub for Basic Needs, the organization works to interrupt the cycle of poverty by addressing its symptoms, such as homelessness and hunger . \u2014 Robert Higgs, cleveland , 27 June 2022",
"And this kind of waste is a root cause of worldwide hunger : every year roughly one third of food produced across the globe goes to waste. \u2014 Sam Jones, Scientific American , 24 June 2022",
"The disaster heaps more misery on a country where millions already faced increasing hunger and poverty and the health system has crumbled since the Taliban retook power nearly 10 months ago amid the U.S. and NATO withdrawal. \u2014 Ebrahim Noroozi, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
"The partnership between Alpert JFS and MAZON kicked off with a session featuring conversations on hunger in the U.S., recognizing food insecurity, forging relationships, facilitating programs in the local community and more. \u2014 Sergio Carmona, Sun Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"Almost half the country\u2019s population faces acute hunger , while close to 6 in 10 Afghans are in need of humanitarian assistance. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"The earthquake has also hit at a time when Afghanistan is already deep in one of the world\u2019s worst humanitarian crises, with millions facing increasing hunger and poverty after the cutoff of international financing to the Taliban. \u2014 Mushtaq Yusufzai, NBC News , 22 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"For those who hunger for more content, Dungeon Masters Guild provides a combination of things to hold the line until the official book comes out and explorations of more unusual settings. \u2014 Rob Wieland, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"This will hit the spot for viewers and possibly awards-bestowing bodies who hunger for stories of audacious, norm-shattering women. \u2014 Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Jan. 2022",
"The novel is both a breath of fresh air for those who hunger for accurate representation of the myriad of communities depicted here, as well as an accessible entry point for those less familiar. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 31 Aug. 2021",
"Ever since the dawn of Jack White, artists who hunger to reassert the power of rock in a rockless age have tended to sound like reactionary young coots. \u2014 Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone , 16 Apr. 2021",
"In The Telling, Gerson implies: Let any who hunger for meaning come find it in Pesach. \u2014 Bruce Abramson, National Review , 19 Mar. 2021",
"But in the days leading up to Christmas, some who hunger for time with relatives are striking deals with family members to hole up in their individual homes. \u2014 Kevyn Burger Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 13 Dec. 2020",
"Four years from now, these pikers will discover the truth: that the cruelty and contempt are not just the essential ingredients of Trumpism but exactly what Republican voters hunger for. \u2014 Jonathan V. Last, The New Republic , 16 Nov. 2020",
"If the current political mood and conditions of the country seems ready-made for promises of dramatic change, that does not necessarily mean most voters are hungering for the same wish list as the ideological left. \u2014 Alexander Burns, New York Times , 15 May 2020"
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"\u02c8h\u0259\u014b-g\u0259r"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for hunger Verb long , yearn , hanker , pine , hunger , thirst mean to have a strong desire for something. long implies a wishing with one's whole heart and often a striving to attain. longed for some rest yearn suggests an eager, restless, or painful longing. yearned for a stage career hanker suggests the uneasy promptings of unsatisfied appetite or desire. always hankering for money pine implies a languishing or a fruitless longing for what is impossible. pined for a lost love hunger and thirst imply an insistent or impatient craving or a compelling need. hungered for a business of his own thirsted for power",
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},
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"There are millions of hungry people throughout the world.",
"That girl is always hungry .",
"The prisoners' families were hungry for more information.",
"They were hungry to learn more.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Universal free lunch was instituted at the start of the pandemic to make sure children wouldn't go hungry through the crisis. \u2014 Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press , 22 June 2022",
"The World Food Program warned that 20 million people in the region could go hungry because of drought by the end of the year. \u2014 Claire Parker, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"After months of an export blockade by Russia\u2019s navy along Ukraine\u2019s Black Sea coastline, experts estimate another 50 million people could go hungry this year. \u2014 Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News , 27 May 2022",
"In addition, the Fund supports local food banks and distributes more than $2 million each year to assist individuals and families who might otherwise go hungry . \u2014 Sfchronicle Pr, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 May 2022",
"Both the House and Senate have passed legislation that would allow families using WIC benefits to purchase other brands during shortages, so their children do not go hungry if certain brands are unavailable. \u2014 Donna M. Owens, NBC News , 19 May 2022",
"That's to ensure that no existing Bobbie babies go hungry . \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 11 May 2022",
"Houstonians won\u2019t go hungry at this newest addition to the city's brunch scene. \u2014 Rebecca Treon, Chron , 2 May 2022",
"However, if Washington doesn't act soon, many of the programs that have served as a lifeline during the pandemic will expire, and millions more will go hungry . \u2014 CNN , 26 Apr. 2022"
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"Smith said that a lot of anglers like to add a hunk of nightcrawler to the hook on their spoons to trigger more strikes. \u2014 D'arcy Egan, cleveland , 23 June 2022",
"In the outdoor gym on Venice Beach, the name given to an inviting stretch of sand on the majestic Dnieper River that courses through the capital of Ukraine, Serhiy Chornyi is working on his summer body, up-down-up-downing a chunky hunk of iron. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 11 June 2022",
"In the outdoor gym on Venice Beach, the name given to an inviting stretch of sand on the majestic Dnieper River that courses through the capital of Ukraine, Serhiy Chornyi is working on his summer body, up-down-up-downing a chunky hunk of iron. \u2014 John Leicester, ajc , 11 June 2022",
"The MetRX fruity cereal crunch bar was a chalky hunk of protein aftertaste and regret. \u2014 Hallie Lieberman, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Apr. 2022",
"At the Southwest Research Institute\u2019s Northwest Side campus, engineer Antonina Brody \u2014 wearing a pale blue clean-room suit and purple gloves \u2014 inspected a hunk of aluminum shot through with wires. \u2014 Eric Killelea, San Antonio Express-News , 14 Apr. 2022",
"That hunk of steel held the business end of a device Best and others use to measure the flow of the Yukon River at Eagle, a town of about 110 people just downstream of the Canada border. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 21 May 2022",
"A week before the shooting, a 7 train hit a hunk of metal in the tunnel under the East River and got stuck for more than two hours. \u2014 Zach Helfand, The New Yorker , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Use a vegetable peeler to shave curls off the Parmesan hunk , and arrange to cover asparagus. \u2014 Kitty Greenwald, WSJ , 20 Apr. 2022"
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"Most families hunker down during the long daylight fasts of Ramadan. \u2014 Steve Hendrix, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"In the meantime, as her mother gets closer, the rest of her family will hunker down. \u2014 Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The division's teams would hunker down in silos, sometimes fighting among themselves and operating without a strategic vision. \u2014 Will Evans, Wired , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Villas and suites aside, the hotel is one of many corners to hunker down with a good book or a cocktail around tranquil pools of water or under tall swaying palms. \u2014 Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"But as forecasters said Ida was intensifying, Cantrell urged those who have not already evacuated to get ready to hunker down. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Aug. 2021",
"Get ready to hunker down This hurricane season could be a doozy. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 20 May 2021",
"Many friends have fled London to hunker down with their families in the suburbs, or moved out of the city for good. \u2014 Lauren Kent And Sam Kiley, CNN , 25 Feb. 2021",
"Revenue for the three months ended March grew 35% to $1.46 billion from a year earlier, when fresh Covid-19 concerns caused people to hunker down. \u2014 Preetika Rana, WSJ , 5 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Giant hunks of mud calve from the banks to form islands, splitting the river into narrow channels that branch and bend. \u2014 Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 May 2022",
"Outside are two hunks of raw larvikite stone polished into seats\u2014a commission by Dahl. \u2014 James Stewart, Robb Report , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Low-flying Russian planes bombed huge hunks out of apartment buildings on the main street. \u2014 Greg Palkot, Fox News , 27 May 2022",
"Serve warm, and let everyone pull the bread apart into hunks . \u2014 Katie Workman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Apr. 2022",
"During the Bronze Age, before people figured out how to smelt iron from rock, the only widely available source of iron was meteoric\u2014 hunks of it fallen from space. \u2014 Steven Poole, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Camouflage netting, spent shell casings, hunks of jagged shrapnel: In this 17th century Baroque jewel of a church in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, these are considered sacred relics. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 May 2022",
"Plus, don't miss out on this serving tray that's designed to carry things in and out of the house, along with this colorful platter set that's destined to hold everything from chips and dips to salads and hunks of cheese. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
"After the teams passed under the burled arch, race officials checked for mandatory gear in the mushers\u2019 sleds and dogs gnawed at congratulatory snacks \u2014 chicken breasts or frozen hunks of meat. \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Mar. 2022"
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"a gun used for hunting squirrels",
"He likes to hunt and fish.",
"She hunted around in the closet for a pair of shoes.",
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"Noun",
"They went on a hunt .",
"We finally found a good restaurant after a long hunt .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Kraven had a unique ability to stalk and hunt with regular tools before he became obsessed with killing bigger prey with his bare hands, Variety reported of the character. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 9 May 2022",
"Where to go: There are a number of regions throughout Italy\u2014Piedmont and Tuscany, but also Umbria, Lombardy, Liguria, Veneto, and others\u2014where travelers can hunt for truffles, with the types of funghi available varying by season. \u2014 Tyler Zielinski, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Not content with banning transgender girls and young women from playing sports, Ohio House Republicans are encouraging people to hunt them down. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 4 June 2022",
"Darth Vader finds out that Obi-Wan is on a mining planet and Vader goes there to hunt him down. \u2014 Marianne Garvey, CNN , 2 June 2022",
"With their extra time, the sisters went to hunt them down at Tops market. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
"She\u2019s the one who can traverse between universes, and someone will hunt her. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Sure, there are enemies, but they are spread out and won\u2019t often come hunt you down out of nowhere. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Pill supplies were initially very limited, doctors had to hunt them down at pharmacies hours away or put the burden on sick patients to find the drugs themselves. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"What was the experience like filming with our crew during your house hunt ",
"These feelings are normal, and everyone goes through them during their job hunt . \u2014 Michelle Perchuk, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"By Lap 17, with the polesitter Josef Newgarden still out near the end of his opening red tire stint, Rossi overtook him to move into 5th-place to seriously begin his hunt of Power. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 5 June 2022",
"In the survey of 2,000 people released this week, Zillow also found that 61% of millennial home buyers and more than 65% of Gen Z home buyers were brought to tears during their house hunt . \u2014 Kira Bindrim, Quartz , 3 June 2022",
"Your hunt for the perfect summer ride might be over. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 3 June 2022",
"This week, conservationists have been busier than usual in their hunt for dead and injured birds as millions of birds flew across Chicagoland in what experts said was one of the biggest migration movements of the season. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"While not everything works out in life, Davis felt confident his hunt in West Virginia, his final state, would. \u2014 Brian Broom, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022",
"In its hunt to replace Russian energy imports, Europe has found a new best friend: Qatar, the small Middle Eastern country that is rich in natural gas. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 30 Apr. 2022"
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"They went on a hunt .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Kraven had a unique ability to stalk and hunt with regular tools before he became obsessed with killing bigger prey with his bare hands, Variety reported of the character. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 9 May 2022",
"Where to go: There are a number of regions throughout Italy\u2014Piedmont and Tuscany, but also Umbria, Lombardy, Liguria, Veneto, and others\u2014where travelers can hunt for truffles, with the types of funghi available varying by season. \u2014 Tyler Zielinski, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Not content with banning transgender girls and young women from playing sports, Ohio House Republicans are encouraging people to hunt them down. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 4 June 2022",
"Darth Vader finds out that Obi-Wan is on a mining planet and Vader goes there to hunt him down. \u2014 Marianne Garvey, CNN , 2 June 2022",
"With their extra time, the sisters went to hunt them down at Tops market. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
"She\u2019s the one who can traverse between universes, and someone will hunt her. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Sure, there are enemies, but they are spread out and won\u2019t often come hunt you down out of nowhere. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Pill supplies were initially very limited, doctors had to hunt them down at pharmacies hours away or put the burden on sick patients to find the drugs themselves. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"What was the experience like filming with our crew during your house hunt ",
"These feelings are normal, and everyone goes through them during their job hunt . \u2014 Michelle Perchuk, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"By Lap 17, with the polesitter Josef Newgarden still out near the end of his opening red tire stint, Rossi overtook him to move into 5th-place to seriously begin his hunt of Power. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 5 June 2022",
"In the survey of 2,000 people released this week, Zillow also found that 61% of millennial home buyers and more than 65% of Gen Z home buyers were brought to tears during their house hunt . \u2014 Kira Bindrim, Quartz , 3 June 2022",
"Your hunt for the perfect summer ride might be over. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 3 June 2022",
"This week, conservationists have been busier than usual in their hunt for dead and injured birds as millions of birds flew across Chicagoland in what experts said was one of the biggest migration movements of the season. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"While not everything works out in life, Davis felt confident his hunt in West Virginia, his final state, would. \u2014 Brian Broom, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022",
"In its hunt to replace Russian energy imports, Europe has found a new best friend: Qatar, the small Middle Eastern country that is rich in natural gas. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 30 Apr. 2022"
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"hunters must have a license to shoot deer",
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"Make your indoor cat feel like a master hunter with a toy that keeps them guessing , like this one which sends an enticing feather popping out of its openings at random intervals\u2014like a kitty version of Whack A Mole. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard And Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 21 June 2022",
"Even if every hunter was successful, the deer population will be just fine. \u2014 Doug Donnelly, Detroit Free Press , 30 Sep. 2021",
"The hunter was at an elevation of 5,500 feet when he was hoisted up by the medevac aircrew, the Guard said. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Undersea warfare is no exception; the best submarine hunter is another submarine. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 15 July 2021",
"Avid hunter Philip Talbot was among them, and he is heard in his video warning others in his group not to get out of the vehicle. \u2014 al , 24 Mar. 2021",
"But a public-land quail hunter is nothing if not an optimist. \u2014 Durrell Smith, Outdoor Life , 29 Dec. 2020",
"The hunter from Wilamaya Patjxa is a young woman with the tools of an activity usually associated with men. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 5 Nov. 2020",
"The hunter was with a friend on a 10-day moose hunt at the park, which is located in southeast Alaska, when the incident occurred near the Chisana River drainage, the National Park Service said in a news release. \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 23 Sep. 2020"
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"They went on a hunt .",
"We finally found a good restaurant after a long hunt .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Kraven had a unique ability to stalk and hunt with regular tools before he became obsessed with killing bigger prey with his bare hands, Variety reported of the character. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 9 May 2022",
"Where to go: There are a number of regions throughout Italy\u2014Piedmont and Tuscany, but also Umbria, Lombardy, Liguria, Veneto, and others\u2014where travelers can hunt for truffles, with the types of funghi available varying by season. \u2014 Tyler Zielinski, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Not content with banning transgender girls and young women from playing sports, Ohio House Republicans are encouraging people to hunt them down. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 4 June 2022",
"Darth Vader finds out that Obi-Wan is on a mining planet and Vader goes there to hunt him down. \u2014 Marianne Garvey, CNN , 2 June 2022",
"With their extra time, the sisters went to hunt them down at Tops market. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
"She\u2019s the one who can traverse between universes, and someone will hunt her. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Sure, there are enemies, but they are spread out and won\u2019t often come hunt you down out of nowhere. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Pill supplies were initially very limited, doctors had to hunt them down at pharmacies hours away or put the burden on sick patients to find the drugs themselves. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"What was the experience like filming with our crew during your house hunt ",
"These feelings are normal, and everyone goes through them during their job hunt . \u2014 Michelle Perchuk, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"By Lap 17, with the polesitter Josef Newgarden still out near the end of his opening red tire stint, Rossi overtook him to move into 5th-place to seriously begin his hunt of Power. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 5 June 2022",
"In the survey of 2,000 people released this week, Zillow also found that 61% of millennial home buyers and more than 65% of Gen Z home buyers were brought to tears during their house hunt . \u2014 Kira Bindrim, Quartz , 3 June 2022",
"Your hunt for the perfect summer ride might be over. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 3 June 2022",
"This week, conservationists have been busier than usual in their hunt for dead and injured birds as millions of birds flew across Chicagoland in what experts said was one of the biggest migration movements of the season. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"While not everything works out in life, Davis felt confident his hunt in West Virginia, his final state, would. \u2014 Brian Broom, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022",
"In its hunt to replace Russian energy imports, Europe has found a new best friend: Qatar, the small Middle Eastern country that is rich in natural gas. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 30 Apr. 2022"
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"The once- hunter green beauty was now an ashen hue from all the silt. \u2014 Eileen Kelley, Sun Sentinel , 24 May 2022",
"Available in rich hues of terracotta, burnt umber white and hunter green and also in unique shapes, the collection is available now and ranges in prices of $29-$59. \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 16 May 2022",
"Tommy Dorfman made a statement with her hunter green , latex dress with black leather gloves. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 2 May 2022",
"Draw attention to yours by painting it a vibrant springtime color like sky blue or hunter green , updating door hardware, or simply washing the dirt away. \u2014 Avery Newmark, ajc , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The van was hunter green , had a sliding door on the passenger\u2019s side and did not have any rear windows. \u2014 cleveland , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Situated near Ubud, one of Bali's most densely forest towns, the UNESCO World Heritage Tegallalang Rice Terrace oscillates from chartreuse to hunter green , then back again, creating one of Indonesia's most calming and captivating landscapes. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure , 14 Dec. 2021",
"Neutral tones are perennial staples, however delectable hues like hunter green or pink jacquard will instantly liven up your assortment. \u2014 Laura Lajiness, Vogue , 27 Sep. 2021",
"There's a mix of neutrals, pastels, and bold lacquers, like Writer's Block, a milky gray, 25 to Life, a bright orange named by Fox, and Mary Jane, a deep hunter green . \u2014 Kirbie Johnson, Allure , 1 Dec. 2021"
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"Andrii Ishchuk, as Hilarion, the huntsman in love with Giselle, struggled \u2014 and repeatedly failed \u2014 to keep his pulled above his nose. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Sent by an evil queen to capture an escaped princess, a huntsman instead becomes the young woman\u2019s protector and helps her in her quest to regain control of her kingdom. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Oct. 2019",
"In August, an Australian woman posted photos of a giant huntsman spider lurking in her home on Facebook before it was safely removed. \u2014 Fox News , 10 Dec. 2019",
"The huntsman leads the pack so the hounds don't run astray or into dangerous territory, like a road. \u2014 Stephanie Klein-davis, chicagotribune.com , 26 Nov. 2019",
"The animated fantasy show RWBY is set in a world filled with horrific monsters bent on death and destruction, and where humanity\u2019s hope lies with powerful huntsmen and huntresses. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 31 Oct. 2019",
"Live Science notes that the average huntsman species is about 1-inch long with a leg span up to 5 inches. \u2014 Fox News , 1 Aug. 2019"
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"In a community where guns are ubiquitous \u2014 for hunting , for sport and for personal protection \u2014 the idea of arming educators was not controversial. \u2014 Moriah Balingit, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
"Settlers had few possessions, and guns, which were necessary for hunting and fending off dangerous animals, were among the most common household items. \u2014 Brian L. Ott, The Conversation , 23 June 2022",
"This is unlike most other populations of polar bears, which require sea ice for hunting . \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 21 June 2022",
"As Democrats and other critics push to restrict AR-15 sales, some Republicans have argued that the rifles are needed for hunting . \u2014 The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News , 8 June 2022",
"However, opposition has come from archery hunters who have fought measures which would allow PCP devices to propel arrows, commonly called airbows, for deer hunting . \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel , 6 June 2022",
"Twenty years ago a majority of gun owners used guns for hunting and sports. \u2014 Eric W. Fleegler, Scientific American , 2 June 2022",
"As sheets of ice cracked into pieces across the rivers, melting snow exposed the gravel and dust on roads, and preparations began for hunting and fishing, dozens of congressional campaigns were springing to life with barely a few days of planning. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"Since a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, in 2019, the company stopped selling handguns and only sells firearms meant for hunting . \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 1 June 2022"
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"Make your indoor cat feel like a master hunter with a toy that keeps them guessing , like this one which sends an enticing feather popping out of its openings at random intervals\u2014like a kitty version of Whack A Mole. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard And Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 21 June 2022",
"Even if every hunter was successful, the deer population will be just fine. \u2014 Doug Donnelly, Detroit Free Press , 30 Sep. 2021",
"The hunter was at an elevation of 5,500 feet when he was hoisted up by the medevac aircrew, the Guard said. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Undersea warfare is no exception; the best submarine hunter is another submarine. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 15 July 2021",
"Avid hunter Philip Talbot was among them, and he is heard in his video warning others in his group not to get out of the vehicle. \u2014 al , 24 Mar. 2021",
"But a public-land quail hunter is nothing if not an optimist. \u2014 Durrell Smith, Outdoor Life , 29 Dec. 2020",
"The hunter from Wilamaya Patjxa is a young woman with the tools of an activity usually associated with men. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 5 Nov. 2020",
"The hunter was with a friend on a 10-day moose hunt at the park, which is located in southeast Alaska, when the incident occurred near the Chisana River drainage, the National Park Service said in a news release. \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 23 Sep. 2020"
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"Sky Wahl, who plays Snout, tantalizes the air with chimes, cymbals, Tibetan tingsha bells and a hunting horn , among other instruments. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 July 2021"
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"Kraven had a unique ability to stalk and hunt with regular tools before he became obsessed with killing bigger prey with his bare hands, Variety reported of the character. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 9 May 2022",
"Where to go: There are a number of regions throughout Italy\u2014Piedmont and Tuscany, but also Umbria, Lombardy, Liguria, Veneto, and others\u2014where travelers can hunt for truffles, with the types of funghi available varying by season. \u2014 Tyler Zielinski, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Not content with banning transgender girls and young women from playing sports, Ohio House Republicans are encouraging people to hunt them down. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 4 June 2022",
"Darth Vader finds out that Obi-Wan is on a mining planet and Vader goes there to hunt him down. \u2014 Marianne Garvey, CNN , 2 June 2022",
"With their extra time, the sisters went to hunt them down at Tops market. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
"She\u2019s the one who can traverse between universes, and someone will hunt her. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Sure, there are enemies, but they are spread out and won\u2019t often come hunt you down out of nowhere. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Pill supplies were initially very limited, doctors had to hunt them down at pharmacies hours away or put the burden on sick patients to find the drugs themselves. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Feb. 2022",
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"What was the experience like filming with our crew during your house hunt ",
"These feelings are normal, and everyone goes through them during their job hunt . \u2014 Michelle Perchuk, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"By Lap 17, with the polesitter Josef Newgarden still out near the end of his opening red tire stint, Rossi overtook him to move into 5th-place to seriously begin his hunt of Power. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 5 June 2022",
"In the survey of 2,000 people released this week, Zillow also found that 61% of millennial home buyers and more than 65% of Gen Z home buyers were brought to tears during their house hunt . \u2014 Kira Bindrim, Quartz , 3 June 2022",
"Your hunt for the perfect summer ride might be over. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 3 June 2022",
"This week, conservationists have been busier than usual in their hunt for dead and injured birds as millions of birds flew across Chicagoland in what experts said was one of the biggest migration movements of the season. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"While not everything works out in life, Davis felt confident his hunt in West Virginia, his final state, would. \u2014 Brian Broom, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022",
"In its hunt to replace Russian energy imports, Europe has found a new best friend: Qatar, the small Middle Eastern country that is rich in natural gas. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 30 Apr. 2022"
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"There are more chefs doing brunch now than ever because there is money to be made off the hordes of hungry and hungover weekend diners. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Aug. 2019",
"Your family deserves much better than to have a sleep-deprived, hungover dad. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com , 3 Mar. 2018"
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"Braving a cold drizzle last week, hundreds placed their bet, lining up for hours in front of the Viejas Casino and Resort, a glass-and-stone Indian casino east of San Diego that was reopening despite pleas from California\u2019s governor, Gavin Newsom. \u2014 Thomas Fuller, New York Times , 28 May 2020"
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"Make your indoor cat feel like a master hunter with a toy that keeps them guessing , like this one which sends an enticing feather popping out of its openings at random intervals\u2014like a kitty version of Whack A Mole. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard And Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 21 June 2022",
"Even if every hunter was successful, the deer population will be just fine. \u2014 Doug Donnelly, Detroit Free Press , 30 Sep. 2021",
"The hunter was at an elevation of 5,500 feet when he was hoisted up by the medevac aircrew, the Guard said. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Undersea warfare is no exception; the best submarine hunter is another submarine. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 15 July 2021",
"Avid hunter Philip Talbot was among them, and he is heard in his video warning others in his group not to get out of the vehicle. \u2014 al , 24 Mar. 2021",
"But a public-land quail hunter is nothing if not an optimist. \u2014 Durrell Smith, Outdoor Life , 29 Dec. 2020",
"The hunter from Wilamaya Patjxa is a young woman with the tools of an activity usually associated with men. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 5 Nov. 2020",
"The hunter was with a friend on a 10-day moose hunt at the park, which is located in southeast Alaska, when the incident occurred near the Chisana River drainage, the National Park Service said in a news release. \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 23 Sep. 2020"
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"In Brazil, which has one of the highest rates of dog ownership in the world, a German Spitz named Pippo went on a hunger strike when his owner, 28-year-old Kelvin Monheit, returned to in-person architecture classes earlier this year. \u2014 Alex Janin, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
"Luaty then went on a hunger strike and they were all finally released. \u2014 Martin Dale, Variety , 12 June 2022",
"In November 2021, Reed went on a hunger strike , according to his girlfriend. \u2014 Ivan Pereira, ABC News , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Sweat missed 16th consecutive meals before he was declared to be on a hunger strike , the doctor said. \u2014 Audrey Conklin, Fox News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"He was reportedly kept in solitary confinement for three months before the hunger strike , according to his family. \u2014 Ivan Pereira, ABC News , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The day after mass protests demanding his freedom swept across Russia, a team of his doctors released a letter urging him to end the hunger strike . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Apr. 2021",
"This week's hunger strike is the second one that the 30-year-old former US Marine has staged in recent months. \u2014 Devan Cole And Donald Judd, CNN , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The hunger strike , led by the militant Islamic Jihad group, comes amid heightened tensions in Israeli detention facilities after the escape of six inmates from a high-security prison last month. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Oct. 2021"
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"As mentioned, vampire Juliette is played by Sarah Catherine Hook and while her huntress lover Calliope is portrayed by Imani Lewis. \u2014 Seventeen , 17 May 2022",
"Zhang is Milva, a human adopted by the dryads of Brokilon Forest who is a fierce and talented huntress . \u2014 Jordan Moreau, Variety , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Marie-Aurore de Saxe, a French noblewoman and freethinker, was painted in the guise of Diana, the huntress , wearing a leopard-print gown with billowing sleeves and a plunging bosom. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The protagonist is a huntress who agrees to travel to a magical realm with a faerie lord, in exchange for her family's safety. \u2014 Emma Dibdin, Town & Country , 14 Jan. 2022",
"The animated fantasy show RWBY is set in a world filled with horrific monsters bent on death and destruction, and where humanity\u2019s hope lies with powerful huntsmen and huntresses . \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 31 Oct. 2019",
"Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, and Yang Xiao Long are four such huntresses in training whose journeys will take them far past the grounds of their school, Beacon Academy. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 31 Oct. 2019",
"Sony showed off Aloy, the formidable huntress star of Horizon: Zero Dawn. \u2014 Carolyn Petit, WIRED , 14 June 2019",
"Roberts is the face of Chasseresse, which means huntress in French. \u2014 Laird Borrelli-persson, Vogue , 1 Nov. 2018"
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"However, sweet corn tends to come from Washington state, with 15.4 million hundredweight , then Minnesota with approximately 15.3 million, before dropping down to Wisconsin with about 10 million. \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 11 Nov. 2021",
"But the best repository for the history of the Revolution was the Hoover Institution, which was always inviting me to come and do some more work there, and sending photocopies of materials by the hundredweight . \u2014 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, WSJ , 1 Oct. 2020",
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"In the 2019 legislative session, Gov. Larry Hogan devoted $1.5 million to cover one year\u2019s worth of premiums for farmers that wanted to buy into the program at the highest level \u2014 $9.50 per hundredweight of milk, according to Connelly. \u2014 Mary Grace Keller, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 1 Oct. 2019",
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"Celebrities like John Boyega have spoken out against the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis by a police officer just as hundreds are protesting in the city and around the country. \u2014 Omar Sanchez, EW.com , 29 May 2020",
"On June 30 \u2014 the date when most contracts in European soccer expire \u2014 hundreds , if not thousands, of players will be out of work. \u2014 Rory Smith, New York Times , 11 May 2020",
"Men\u2019s professional soccer is the world\u2019s most popular sport; many of the players on the U.S. men\u2019s team make hundreds of thousands, and even millions, playing for their club teams. \u2014 Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker , 4 May 2020",
"There are hundreds , if not thousands, of models that promise to do effectively the same thing: bag fish. \u2014 Outdoor Life , 27 Apr. 2020",
"Days before at a larger protest in Raleigh hundreds gathered to speak out against Gov. Roy Cooper\u2019s extension of the stay-at-home order until May 8. \u2014 Fox News , 1 May 2020",
"Arab states, Israel, and Turkey have issued nighttime curfews starting before or just after sunset to prevent citizens from forming their own public late night tarawih prayers, gatherings that could reach the hundreds to thousands. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 Apr. 2020",
"The Fourth Circuit ruling giving the National Park Service control of Forest Service land hundreds feet under the trail is as fantastical as the Dr. Seuss character. \u2014 WSJ , 4 Mar. 2020",
"Across the United States, even as coronavirus deaths are being recorded in terrifying numbers \u2014 many hundreds each day \u2014 the true death toll is likely much higher. \u2014 Sarah Kliff, BostonGlobe.com , 6 Apr. 2020"
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"This tearjerker family film charts the burgeoning relationship between a Black nanny (Whoopi Goldberg) and the hunky Jewish widower (Liotta) who hires her to watch his grieving daughter (Tina Majorino). \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 26 May 2022",
"That\u2019s how the play comes across, that everything was hunky -dory. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
"Her career is on the verge of collapse after her hunky new editor denied her a deadline extension and her world comes crashing down when her beloved father dies, forcing her to return to the Southern town that never quite understood her. \u2014 EW.com , 12 May 2022",
"Tatum plays a hunky , dim-witted cover model who decides to rescue Bullock. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 25 Mar. 2022",
"She's also got herself a new gig in private security, and a hunky new boyfriend named Yusuf (Robert Gilbert) who is not only supportive of, but an active accomplice in Eve's quest for revenge. \u2014 Kat Rosenfield, EW.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Pence has nevertheless plowed on as if everything is hunky -dory, running an undeclared but barely disguised pre-presidential campaign. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Are these gloomy historical parallels justified, or could this be more like 2017, when oil doubled and everything was hunky -dory? \u2014 James Mackintosh, WSJ , 8 Mar. 2022",
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"Davis\u2019 four other murder trials went like this: His first, in 2017, resulted in a hung jury. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 30 June 2022",
"The first trial ended in a hung jury and the second trial resulted in a guilty plea. \u2014 Ashlee Banks, Essence , 23 June 2022",
"Davis\u2019 murder trials went like this: His first, in 2017, resulted in a hung jury. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
"Davis\u2019 murder trials went like this: His first, in 2017, resulted in a hung jury. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 6 June 2022",
"The trial of Michael Anthony Brown, a Mount Airy man accused of murdering his stepfather-in-law and business partner Robert Gurecki in Eldersburg in 2019, ended in a hung jury Monday afternoon following two days of deliberations. \u2014 Cameron Goodnight, Baltimore Sun , 24 May 2022",
"In New Jersey, a two-year corruption indictment against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat, ended with a hung jury in 2017. \u2014 Paul J. Weber And Jake Bleiberg, Chron , 23 May 2022",
"Castroneves faced federal charges of tax evasion in 2008, and he was acquitted in '09 on six charges, with one resulting in a hung jury. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 16 May 2022",
"This case had two trials, the first trial ending in a hung jury late last year, and the second, which began in February, ultimately resulting in the massive verdict. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 May 2022"
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"This tearjerker family film charts the burgeoning relationship between a Black nanny (Whoopi Goldberg) and the hunky Jewish widower (Liotta) who hires her to watch his grieving daughter (Tina Majorino). \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 26 May 2022",
"That\u2019s how the play comes across, that everything was hunky -dory. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
"Her career is on the verge of collapse after her hunky new editor denied her a deadline extension and her world comes crashing down when her beloved father dies, forcing her to return to the Southern town that never quite understood her. \u2014 EW.com , 12 May 2022",
"Tatum plays a hunky , dim-witted cover model who decides to rescue Bullock. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 25 Mar. 2022",
"She's also got herself a new gig in private security, and a hunky new boyfriend named Yusuf (Robert Gilbert) who is not only supportive of, but an active accomplice in Eve's quest for revenge. \u2014 Kat Rosenfield, EW.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Pence has nevertheless plowed on as if everything is hunky -dory, running an undeclared but barely disguised pre-presidential campaign. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Are these gloomy historical parallels justified, or could this be more like 2017, when oil doubled and everything was hunky -dory? \u2014 James Mackintosh, WSJ , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The show's core relationship, that of Claire and eternally- hunky Scottish highlander Jamie Fraser (played by Sam Heughan) remains one of the steamiest on modern television. \u2014 Taylore Glynn, Allure , 5 Mar. 2022"
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