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Fair told the court that several youths transferred out of Los Padrinos under a separate court order in recent weeks showed up at Nidorf Juvenile Hall with broken jaws and arms.

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This raunchy disco track had jaws dropping across the globe upon its release, and for good reason.

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No eyebrows raised, no jaws dropped, no gobs smacked.

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It’s not exactly a clever term, but then again, most of the turns of phrases that drop like rotten apples from the slack jaws of far-right talking heads aren’t stickers.

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The Company prioritizes preserving these lethal creatures for study instead of protecting the people it sends into their snapping jaws.

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

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