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  • noun United States physiologist (1899-1982)

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Examples

  • Made a stir for a bit, but it sort of operates like a low-rent Sarah Silverman, pushing the envelope in the reticent way Hoagland is known for.

    Caucasian poets who’ve written about race? : Jeffrey McDaniel : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007

  • Captain Hoagland had caught the garter which Captain Archer threw, and in October of that year, Captain Hoagland's wife-to-be wore the garter, as the something old "in their wedding."

    Archer, Bruce R. 1977

  • 'Hoagland's claims irritate me because he is promoting uncritical thinking,' Plait told SPACE.com .

    Archive 2004-03-01 Brian 2004

  • 'Hoagland's claims irritate me because he is promoting uncritical thinking,' Plait told SPACE.com .

    Mars fight Brian 2004

  • "The Change" is not the only thing Hoagland has written; he also wrote this appeal in order to help Dean Young, the poet I quoted above, whose health is in danger.

    Ming Holden: What I Learned at AWP Ming Holden 2011

  • "The Change" is not the only thing Hoagland has written; he also wrote this appeal in order to help Dean Young, the poet I quoted above, whose health is in danger.

    Ming Holden: What I Learned at AWP Ming Holden 2011

  • I place each foreleg and shin in its appropriate pairing, so that the animal is positioned as if in midflight, reminding me of the great Edward Hoagland line about a leopard poised to jump as if in “an extra-­emphatic leap into the hereafter.”

    The Ritual: After Death, Before Venison 2009

  • "BRAC works because it's very limited and targeted," said William Hoagland, a former longtime Senate Republican budget aide.

    Panel to Be Test of Political Will John D. McKinnon 2011

  • Rankine is less interested in putting Hoagland in his place than she is in creating a place for discussion -- about bigger issues than one poem, and between many more people.

    Ming Holden: What I Learned at AWP Ming Holden 2011

  • Rankine is less interested in putting Hoagland in his place than she is in creating a place for discussion -- about bigger issues than one poem, and between many more people.

    Ming Holden: What I Learned at AWP Ming Holden 2011

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