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The balaklava is today used primarily by people committing violent acts desirous of anonymity.
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Pach is really sub-delegate Marcos from the ELZN Zapatatista movement but in the interests of security culture please keep it under yr balaklava por favor.
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Another hand pulled down my parka, pull-tie suddenly strangling me, goggles ripping off along with the balaklava.
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Without the balaklava, I could feel my nostrils pinching, little twinges suggesting they'd freeze shut given the slightest opportunity.
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Race car driver Scott Goodyear of Canada dons his balaklava in the pits at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway while his teammate, Arie Luyendyk, sits in his car while waiting to practice for the 1997 Indianapolis 500.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed JEFF PAPPONE 2011
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"We now believe our participation in some sort of weird 'what if' scenario is actually counter productive to moving forward from the humiliation of a second consecutive September collapse," the anonymous source, head covered by a blue and orange balaklava, reitterated in terse tones.
Archie Bunker's Army 2008
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We bought SR a balaklava in Washing DC at LL Bean.
ArmyWifeToddlerMom 2009
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(Irresistible, though a geographical eponym, is the snug knitted peaked cap from the same war: the balaklava.
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