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bullwhip

[bool-hwip, -wip] / ˈbʊlˌʰwɪp, -ˌwɪp /




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For example, on the “Raiders of the Lost Ark” case, it features Indy with bullwhip mid-crack on the front and the Ark of the Covenant on the back.

From Washington Times Nov. 23, 2023

The hotel room in which we spoke had been dressed, presumably for video interviews, in full Indiana Jones, down to a curled-up bullwhip and the hat.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 28, 2023

Fedora on head, bullwhip in hand, mind racing a mile a minute to outthink hot-on-his-heels pursuers, he’s very much the Indy of old.

From Seattle Times Jun. 28, 2023

But earlier this year, Amazon’s growth slowed to the lowest rate in two decades, as the bullwhip of the pandemic snapped.

From New York Times Nov. 14, 2022

And there are no phenomena in our experience—like the crack of the bullwhip or the clap of thunder for sound—to suggest the possibility of traveling in a vacuum faster than light.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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