counting noses
Example Sentences
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“I’m not going to be counting noses as to who would support or not support that at this stage, but I may down the road.”
From Fox News • Jan. 28, 2020
Miami's method of counting noses ?was getting heavier every week.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Factually describing nonsense is about as profitable as counting noses at Times Square.
From Time Magazine Archive
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A surprise enrollment surge triggers a campus housing crunch After counting noses for fall registration, a fair number of colleges are just beginning to come out of shock.
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He had no faith in government "by counting noses," and he hated talking Parliaments; but neither did he put trust in an aristocracy that spent its time in "preserving the game."
From From Chaucer to Tennyson by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)