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Taking that as her cue, Cassiopeia climbed up on the bench, threw back her head, and began to sing: “A pail full of flounder, Agatha!”

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Not knowing what else to do, Penelope threw back her head.

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In answer, Madame Ionesco threw back her head and howled.

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Then the gull threw back his head and screeched, “Who wants to start some trouble?”

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Bipin Joshi threw back a grenade from Hamas attackers before being taken hostage in the assault on Israel two years ago, says the fellow Nepalese student he saved.

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

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