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"lynching":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal approval or permission":[
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"The accused killer was lynched by an angry mob."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8linch"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The very powers intended to protect Black people were being bandied about to lynch the Constitution. \u2014 Maya Wiley, The New Republic , 2 May 2022",
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"But they were not charged with a conspiracy to lynch Arbery. \u2014 Maya Wiley, The New Republic , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"Our country surely could not countenance the injuring of more than 130 police officers (including one who subsequently died) and the perfidious calls to lynch the Republican vice president and the Democratic speaker of the House. \u2014 Phillip Halpern, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Dec. 2021",
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"This summer, a mob broke into a police station on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad, in a bid to lynch two men accused of desecrating a mosque. \u2014 Sophia Saifi And Azaz Syed, CNN , 3 Dec. 2021",
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"By the film\u2019s end the Ku Klux Klan, in theatrically grotesque hoods, their white robes flapping with terrifying certainty, track Gus down and lynch him. \u2014 Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books , 23 Apr. 2020",
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"Last summer, Vauhxx Booker, who is Black, said that a group of white men attacked him and attempted to lynch him while at Lake Monroe on the Fourth of July. \u2014 Justin L. Mack, The Indianapolis Star , 5 Aug. 2021",
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"Last month, a mob broke into a police station on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad, in a bid to lynch two men accused of desecrating a mosque. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 4 June 2021",
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"Local media ginned up the community, and a large white mob went to the jail to lynch him. \u2014 Maria C. Hunt, House Beautiful , 1 June 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"after lynch law":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1835, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-022353"
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},
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"lynch mob":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a crowd of people who kill or try to kill (someone) illegally as a punishment":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-051300"
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},
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"lynx-eyed":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": sharp-sighted":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8li\u014b(k)s-\u02cc\u012bd"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"clear-sighted",
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"eagle-eyed",
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"hawkeyed",
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"sharp-eyed",
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"sharp-sighted"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1597, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-051503"
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},
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"lynchpin":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a locking pin inserted crosswise (as through the end of an axle or shaft)":[],
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": one that serves to hold together parts or elements that exist or function as a unit":[
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"the linchpin in the defense's case"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061900"
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},
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"lynch":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal approval or permission":[
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"The accused killer was lynched by an angry mob."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8linch"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The very powers intended to protect Black people were being bandied about to lynch the Constitution. \u2014 Maya Wiley, The New Republic , 2 May 2022",
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"But they were not charged with a conspiracy to lynch Arbery. \u2014 Maya Wiley, The New Republic , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"Our country surely could not countenance the injuring of more than 130 police officers (including one who subsequently died) and the perfidious calls to lynch the Republican vice president and the Democratic speaker of the House. \u2014 Phillip Halpern, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Dec. 2021",
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"This summer, a mob broke into a police station on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad, in a bid to lynch two men accused of desecrating a mosque. \u2014 Sophia Saifi And Azaz Syed, CNN , 3 Dec. 2021",
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"By the film\u2019s end the Ku Klux Klan, in theatrically grotesque hoods, their white robes flapping with terrifying certainty, track Gus down and lynch him. \u2014 Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books , 23 Apr. 2020",
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"Last summer, Vauhxx Booker, who is Black, said that a group of white men attacked him and attempted to lynch him while at Lake Monroe on the Fourth of July. \u2014 Justin L. Mack, The Indianapolis Star , 5 Aug. 2021",
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"Last month, a mob broke into a police station on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad, in a bid to lynch two men accused of desecrating a mosque. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 4 June 2021",
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"Local media ginned up the community, and a large white mob went to the jail to lynch him. \u2014 Maria C. Hunt, House Beautiful , 1 June 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"after lynch law":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1835, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061907"
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},
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"lynch law":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the punishment of presumed crimes or offenses usually by death without due process of law":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably after Charles Lynch \u20201796 Virginia planter and justice of the peace":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1811, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093846"
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},
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"lynx":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of several wildcats with relatively long legs, a short stubby tail, mottled coat, and usually tufted ears that are thought to comprise a distinct genus ( Lynx ) of the cat family or to be part of a genus ( Felis ) that includes the domestic cat and cougar: such as":[],
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": a lynx ( L. lynx ) of northern Europe and Asia":[],
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": bobcat":[],
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": a North American lynx ( L. canadensis ) distinguished from the bobcat by its larger size, longer tufted ears, and wholly black tail tip":[],
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": a dim northern constellation that is visible between the constellations of Ursa Major and Gemini and that is represented by the figure of a lynx":[
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"\u2026 Johannes Hevelius named this new constellation Lynx because only an observer with \"the eyes of a lynx\" could see its faint shape.",
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"\u2014 Richard Berry"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8li\u014bks",
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"\u02c8li\u014b(k)s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Two bobcats in Wisconsin, a coyote pup in Michigan and skunks in Canada have also tested positive for the virus, as have foxes, otters, a lynx , a polecat and a badger in Europe. \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2022",
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"Canada lynx Matilda gave birth to three kittens on May 19. \u2014 Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 8 June 2022",
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"With more than 288 square miles to explore, Lahemaa is the largest national park in the nation, and its vast forests provide refuge for a wealth of iconic European mammals including brown bears, gray wolves, and Eurasian lynx . \u2014 Jared Ranahan, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"This young lynx , lineage descendant of a female coming from a breeding center, will conquest new territories. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 12 Sep. 2021",
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"For example, one lynx trotted to the mouth of the Yukon River, another to northern British Columbia. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Apr. 2022",
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"People come from all over the world to watch the Old Faithful geyser erupt and to spot one of the park's furry inhabitants \u2014 grizzly bears, wolves, bison, foxes, lynx , moose, elk all call the area home. \u2014 Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure , 12 Mar. 2022",
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"The Natura 2000 program, established by the EU, protects a network of natural areas for their outstanding value as habitats, particularly for animals such as bears, lynx , and birds. \u2014 Alexander Sammon, The New Republic , 16 Feb. 2022",
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"Dressed in sleek pink satin, fluffy white lynx and shiny black silk, the stately nobleman resembles an overstuffed Renaissance box of Good & Plenty candy. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Latin, from Greek; akin to Old English lox lynx and probably to Greek leukos white \u2014 more at light":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-160426"
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},
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"lyncean":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": sharp-sighted":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)lin\u00a6s\u0113\u0259n",
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"\u02c8lin(t)s\u0113-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin Lynceus of Lynceus, sharp-sighted (from Greek Lynkeios , from Lynkeus , mythological member of the Argonauts who was famous for his sharpness of sight) + English -an":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204032"
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},
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"Lynchburg":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"city on the James River in south central Virginia population 75,568":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8linch-\u02ccb\u0259rg"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211432"
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},
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"lyncine":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of or relating to a lynx":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8lin\u02ccs\u012bn"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin lync-, lynx + English -ine":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231436"
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},
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"lynx cat":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": a pale grayish very slightly spotted lynx ( Lynx uinta ) of the intermountain region of the western U.S. and southern British Columbia":[],
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": bay lynx":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-012807"
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}
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