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The Albany Herald cheerfully punned that the geese were running "afowl," and back when Canada geese first started being vilified by New Yorkers (when they put Flight 1549 in the Hudson River), the New York Post quoted a "wildlife biologist" as suggesting that gassing didn't go far enough:
Nathan Robinson: Who Will Weep for the Geese? New York's Mass Avian Murder Plot 2010
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The Albany Herald cheerfully punned that the geese were running "afowl," and back when Canada geese first started being vilified by New Yorkers (when they put Flight 1549 in the Hudson River), the New York Post quoted a "wildlife biologist" as suggesting that gassing didn't go far enough:
Nathan Robinson: Who Will Weep for the Geese? New York's Mass Avian Murder Plot 2010
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It might be something as commonplace as financial hard times or illness, or as unexpected as, say, the aircraft you're piloting running "afowl" midair of a flock of geese, resulting in an unscheduled and much-too-close-for-comfort tour of New York City's attractions.
Cross-Currents 2009
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Further, if they abolish it and replace it with the type of government you suppose is allowed, then that government would run afowl of this clause and be subject to abolition.
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Further, if they abolish it and replace it with the type of government you suppose is allowed, then that government would run afowl of this clause and be subject to abolition.
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Star Trek: New Voyages relies on their amateur and non-profit status to avoid running afowl of copyright laws.
Still Shambling sfawardswatch 2008
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PETA Thanksgiving ad runs afowl of NBC standards »
DC' trailer goes inside White House -- The Live Feed | THR 2009
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PETA Thanksgiving ad runs afowl of NBC standards -- The Live Feed | THR 2009
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While most native cultures knew of a plant's deathly capabilities, it is often the new resident of a region or a tourist who run afowl of these killer plants.
Archive 2009-08-02 SeattleTammy 2009
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