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Examples
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He closed with a quote from his film Young Guns: "Reap the whirl-wind you cockroach, reap it."
Charlie Sheen to Chuck Lorre: "No One Cares About Your Feeble Show Without Me" 2011
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At a time of record gas/fuel prices it is ironic that all President Bush has on his mind is a whirl-wind tour around the globe and this country in his fuel guzzling 747.
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Before Miss Pettigrew can even state her business she is swept up into the whirl-wind the surrounds Miss LeFosse and as the title states Miss Pettigrew at age 40 finally LIVES for a day.
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Before Miss Pettigrew can even state her business she is swept up into the whirl-wind the surrounds Miss LeFosse and as the title states Miss Pettigrew at age 40 finally LIVES for a day.
Archive 2009-01-01 Gail 2009
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They are called upon regularly to put together whirl-wind tours in an effort to educate foreign travel agents.
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From Venice to ancient Greece, every trip to Las Vegas promises a whirl-wind tour around the world.
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If Obama thinks he is reaping the whirl-wind on ObamaCare, his poll numbers have not even begun to drop once his little money printing scheme goes off the rails.
The Trillion Dollar President’s Latest Gaffe - Dan_Perrin’s blog - RedState 2009
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I grew up listening to her so it was whirl-wind for me throughout that whole show.
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On the journey to “The Transport,” they encounter monsters, ghosts, zombies and other forgotten souls, as well as avoiding a whirl-wind phenomenon that sucks up everything in its path, essentially erasing it forever.
Re-Cycle (2008) 2008
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Yes, that's right - following in the dark path of Laura Ingraham's ex-boy toy Dinesh D'Souza (who this past January began his his whirl-wind tour of blaming the left for 9/11) disgraced former House Speaker Newt Gingrich appeared on This Week with George Stephanapolous and proceeded to blame elite liberals for the massacre at Virginia Tech. (Crossposted on Democratic Underground and Truth 2 Power Blog)
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