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  2. Snowclone - Wikipedia

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    In response to the request, the word "snowclone" was coined by economics professor Glen Whitman on January 15, 2004, and Pullum endorsed it as a term of art the next day. [1] The term was derived by Whitman from journalistic clichés referring to the number of Eskimo words for snow [1] and incorporates a pun on the snow cone. [3]

  3. National Stolen Property Act - Wikipedia

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    Section 2311 of Title 18 provides the definitions for certain words and phrases used in the Act. [2] For example, "money" is defined to include not just the legal tender of the U.S. or any foreign country, but also any counterfeit; "security" receives an expansive definition that also includes, among other things, not just "any instrument commonly known as a 'security,'" but also any forged ...

  4. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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    Said of a vessel shipping water over her bow, e.g., "The ship was bows under during the storm." bow thruster A small propeller or water-jet at the bow, used for manoeuvring larger vessels at slow speed. May be mounted externally, or in a tunnel running through the bow from side to side. bow visor

  5. List of English words of Scandinavian origin - Wikipedia

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    floe, "floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water" [10] gravlax, "salmon cured especially with salt, sugar, pepper, and dill and often additional ingredients (such as fennel, coriander, lime, and vodka or aquavit)" [11] klister, "a soft wax used on skis" [12]

  6. He was accused of stealing huge amounts of water over 23 ...

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    Last year district officials made a civil settlement over the missing water, agreeing to pay $7.5 million to the federal government and another $1 million to an umbrella agency, the San Luis ...

  7. California's stolen land could be worth millions, and Black ...

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  8. Package theft - Wikipedia

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    Across the country, more than 1.7 million packages are stolen or go missing daily, adding up to $25 million in lost goods and services. [5] An average family receives 27 packages a year, [6] each year about 19% of the families have had a package stolen. That implies about probability of a package being stolen to be about 0.2 percent or higher.

  9. ‘Connections’ Hints and Answers for NYT's Tricky Word Game on ...

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    If you've been having trouble with any of the connections or words in Sunday's puzzle, you're not alone and these hints should definitely help you out. Plus, I'll reveal the answers further down ...