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There was then a terse verbal exchange with Siraj who, rather bizarrely given India's predicament, opted to give Head a send-off.

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The body camera footage showed Hill at times being terse with police, telling an officer "don't knock on my window like that".

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For instance, a terse July 29 email from the Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment in Colorado said, “Currently attempting to monitor 26 dairies. 9 have refused.”

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This week, her father got a terse letter from the defence ministry in Moscow informing him that Victoria was dead, aged 27.

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Stafford was tired and terse in the wake of defeat, wearing a Hawaiian shirt that was far more festive than his mood.

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

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