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wing

noun as in organ, device of flight

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To borrow an old right-wing talking point, these people are angry no matter what we do.

There is, however, a separate wing of AQAP designed to inspire their followers to conduct attacks against the West.

He sometimes surmised that it was because he was too outspokenly identified with the diminished liberal wing of the party.

Limbaugh makes comments like this because his right-wing fans require a non–stop diet of race-baiting red meat.

In other words, this is a very small vast-right-wing-conspiracy.

Done, says he, why let fifty of our men advance, and flank them on each wing.

His idea was that there would be ample time later to order a concentration on either wing or on the centre.

As it was he had to press Nejdi into a fast gallop before he could clear the left wing of the advancing army.

The male Black Redstart has also a white patch on the wing caused by the pale, nearly white, margins of the feathers.

I watched him wing his god-like way up through the still, soft air till he was lost to view.

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On this page you'll find 93 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to wing, such as: aileron, airfoil, appendage, feather, pennon, and pinion.

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

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