gator

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By the time police and animal control officers arrived, the gator was in the man's vehicle in the parking lot.

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  • I don't know whether the Florida professional's rescue mission was the idea of New York officials or the gator-handler's publicist, who probably saw an opportunity for gobs of cheap publicity for him and the attraction that employs him. —  Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Feb. 2002
  • The wranglers did their best to corral and capture their prize, but the gator was uncooperative. —  Xavier Thoughts
  • Of course whenever he looked for the gator, it hid. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • Martin Castaneda, 43, reported a rear window on his 1999 Lincoln Navi-gator was broken out at the same address.
  • The gator was probably his dealer … and he owed money! —  Pat Dollard | Young Americans
 

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