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hawk

noun as in a warlike person

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Outside many of the larger offices in poorer areas, a bustling ecosystem thrives with vendors hawking goods and services to those in line.

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Security hawks warn that the deals could backfire given the U.A.E.’s close ties to China and worry about offshoring critical infrastructure.

The decision earned a rebuke from GOP hawks in Congress who support the President and aren’t known for picking futile showdowns.

He said he was "watching the weather forecast like a hawk" before finally getting a gap in the clouds and his chance to take his photo.

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One day, Roz was standing in the pasture, admiring a hawk as he soared through the sky, when the cows began grazing around her.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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