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wolf

verb as in consume sloppily and fast

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The language is a throwback to China’s aggressive “wolf warrior” style of diplomacy of a decade ago that Beijing had in recent years toned down.

The website led with what it called a proverb: “If you call one wolf, you invite the pack.”

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But a major new study suggests their physical transformation from wolf to sofa-hogging furball began in the Middle Stone Age, much earlier than we previously thought.

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French authorities were blindsided as thieves of all stripes, from lone wolves to organized groups, made quick work of its museums.

Indeed, in early September 1939, shortly after Hitler invaded Poland, the mood among U-boaters was not that of wolves but of sheep being led to the slaughter.

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

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