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whistling

adjective as in piping

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The whistling serves a dual purpose: It signals to migrants and others concerned that they could get swept up in one of the raids to avoid the area.

Police numbers were also ramped up, with hundreds of protestors waving flags along the route and whistling riders from Israel-Premier Tech.

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Some 29% of parents surveyed said their child has had wheezing or breath whistling in the past, most in the last 12 months.

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Much elite political commentary of the last decade, with its talk of institutions and guardrails, is a species of whistling past the graveyard.

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This is the roof of the world where traffic gives way to yak herders on horseback whistling to reluctant, grunting cattle, as eagles circle above.

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