ziz

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[128 As leviathan is the king of fishes, so the ziz is appointed to rule over the birds.

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  • There was enough light that the figures below showed as vague blurs against the snow, and the man let his typewriter drop carefully The typewriter carriage slid hack with a ziz-z-z of a noise as it started to fall, and this caused Sidney Lorrey to look up. —  022 - The Annihilist
  • During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl. —  Blogbot - forsiden
  • During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and "eo", and so after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a rel sensibl riten styl. —  Old Horsetail Snake
  • It was not always easy for the submarine to get in a position where her torpedo would be effective, and the merchantman was carefully directed, if attacked, to pursue a ziz-zag irregular course, and at the same time endeavor to hamper the submarine by shooting as near her periscope as possible Along the sea coasts and at certain points in the English Channel great nets were used effectively. —  History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War
  • The great, clogging flakes sifted down gently, ziz-zagging through the air like so many pieces of paper. —  The Silent Places
 

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