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hawking

noun as in hunting

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In terms of Hawking’s original calculations, so far so good.

First, the sudden shift signaled the onset of new physics not covered by Hawking’s calculation.

“It was Stephen Hawking and five other Nobel laureates,” Krauss recalled.

Hawking, of course, came to global fame with his book A Brief History of Time.

Perhaps, like Hawking searching for his elegant equation, filmmakers will never find the answer.

This was in 1964, and Hawking is now 72, and still rattling the cosmos.

Of the three films, the most English by far is the Hawking story.

For those who preferred hawking choice falcons had been brought from Holland.

One almost expects to see some baronial hawking party, or some bridal procession issue from its recesses.

A fortnight before the first swallow the large bats were hawking up and down the road in the evenings.

The chief pleasures were those of the chase,--hunting and hawking,--and intemperate feasts.

But Perry was fond of hawks, and much regretted that the days were gone by when hawking was a favourite pastime.

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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hawking, such as: angling, fishery, fishing, shooting, coursing, and falconry.

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

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