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'Hunker down and pray for daylight' …Piers Morgan.
This week: Peter and Hazelmary Bull, Brian Cowen, Piers Morgan 2011
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Hunker down with candles and warm sweaters as JanePoet suggests, and wait for better days.
Fallish 2009
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Daylight continued down Hunker to the Klondike, and on to the summer fishing camp of the Indians on the Yukon.
Chapter IX 2010
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During the nail-biting excursion, I managed to hit an astonishing 407.5 kph (253.2 mph) on the 21-km oval, a record for journalists, then quickly got out of dodge to tell the tale ( "Strap in and Hunker Down," July 2009 Automobile magazine).
James M. Clash: Speeding Through Spain in a New Bugatti James M. Clash 2010
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During the nail-biting excursion, I managed to hit an astonishing 407.5 kph (253.2 mph) on the 21-km oval, a record for journalists, then quickly got out of dodge to tell the tale ( "Strap in and Hunker Down," July 2009 Automobile magazine).
James M. Clash: Speeding Through Spain in a New Bugatti James M. Clash 2010
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Hunker down with a pint and some organic pub grub until the sun sets, then head back to the forest.
Love is in the (open) air Nell Card 2010
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During the nail-biting excursion, I managed to hit an astonishing 407.5 kph (253.2 mph) on the 21-km oval, a record for journalists, then quickly got out of dodge to tell the tale ("Strap in and Hunker Down," July 2009 Automobile magazine).
James M. Clash: Speeding Through Spain in a New Bugatti James M. Clash 2010
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During the nail-biting excursion, I managed to hit an astonishing 407.5 kph (253.2 mph) on the 21-km oval, a record for journalists, then quickly got out of dodge to tell the tale ( "Strap in and Hunker Down," July 2009 Automobile magazine).
James M. Clash: Speeding Through Spain in a New Bugatti James M. Clash 2010
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As the saying goes "Hunker down and pray for daylight."
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Every time a reporter or an interviewee says “Hunker down,” we have a drink of Shiner Bock.
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