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Before he started shooting, the only woman board member, Ginger Littleton, sneaks up behind Duke as he stands next to the panel's long, beige desk and whacks him on the arm with her large, brown purse made of an alligator-like material.

Cops: Man fires at Fla. school board; kills self 2010

An alligator-like reptile has been found in the Patapsco River, just south of Baltimore.

Unusual reptile found in Md. river 2010

Two demons were approaching: a Ravener, with its alligator-like body and serrated teeth, its scorpion tail curling forward over its back, and a Drevak, its pale white maggot-flesh gleaming in the moonlight.

Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009

I loved the Twist and the little Charleston kicks, and his alligator-like crawl toward her at the end.

Tonya Plank: So You Think You Can Dance Top 10, Alvin Ailey, and Bollywood 2008

Two demons were approaching: a Ravener, with its alligator-like body and serrated teeth, its scorpion tail curling forward over its back, and a Drevak, its pale white maggot-flesh gleaming in the moonlight.

City of Ashes Cassandra Clare 2008

This lets the gar move its head in an alligator-like fashion, violently nodding and thrashing to help it devour prey.

Fun Facts About Alligator Gar 2005

Thus there were many Fish Lizards paddling in the seas, many types of terrestrial dragons stalking about on land, many swiftly gliding alligator-like forms, and the Flying Dragons which began in the Triassic attained to remarkable success and variety.

The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told J. Arthur Thomson 1897

"Scientists have rewound 65 million years of evolutionary history by tweaking chicken DNA to create embryos that grow alligator-like snouts rather than beaks," The Telegraph reports.

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Michael Kesterton 2011

"Scientists have rewound 65 million years of evolutionary history by tweaking chicken DNA to create embryos that grow alligator-like snouts rather than beaks," The Telegraph reports.

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Michael Kesterton 2011

OR, as luck would have it, I would instead race across the crosswalk (always quickly - never cow-like) and nearly have my hand severed by the Trash Can That Does Not Accept Wads of Newspaper when its alligator-like flap came snapping down on my finger.

Finny Knits FinnyKnits 2010