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hook

noun as in curved fastener

verb as in grab, catch

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There isn’t an accessible entry point, at least in the same way “Faith” had any number of singles to hook listeners.

From Salon

On Thursday, a federal jury in San Jose said American Airlines was on the hook for $9.6 million for its employees failing to follow company protocol in the incident.

She tells me that though she hadn't read Emma before being approached by the Rose's Christopher Haydon, who is directing the play, she was hooked once she started it.

From BBC

“It’s probably one of the No. 1 things we see for animals that come to us needing care, is some sort of fishing interaction, whether that be discarded lines or hooks,” Stevens said.

When they hatch, the maggots — which are called screwworms — “have these little sharp teeth or hooks in their mouths, and they chomp away at the flesh and burrow,” Chin-Hong said.

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

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