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tiger

noun as in large cat

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“Sometimes,” Stacy said, “she has this internal battle of how to keep that tiger under control but let it free at the same time.”

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Some fear that shark numbers are exploding, after several types - including the world's two deadliest shark species, great whites and tigers - were given varying degrees of protection in Australian waters.

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He said Russia was a “paper tiger” and that it had bragged about winning the war in a week, but was still in Ukraine three and a half years later.

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The US president also described Russia as a "paper tiger" that had been "fighting aimlessly in Ukraine."

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"Russia's in no way a tiger," Mr Peskov to a Russian radio station.

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