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She enlisted as a mechanic, but once in country she was tapped to join a new program that deployed female support soldiers-dubbed "Lionesses" - on missions with all-male combat units.
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She enlisted as a mechanic, but once in country she was tapped to join a new program that deployed female support soldiers-dubbed "Lionesses" - on missions with all-male combat units.
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The basis of the Lionesses is the firm defense with outstanding goalie Loes Geurts and waiting for counter-chances.
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"Lionesses" (a term for female lions, contemporaneous with "ladies") slump passively on their little slab of habitat, while the male of the species stands erect on a rock, sizing up a herd of zebras galloping over the background scrim.
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She enlisted as a mechanic, but once in country she was tapped to join a new program that deployed female support soldiers — dubbed "Lionesses" — on missions with all-male combat units.
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Led by Kelly Smith , the Three Lionesses are quickly improving, making the final of the European Championship in 2009 and beating the U.S. in an April exhibition 2-1.
Women on Top of the World Matthew Futterman 2011
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The Three Lionesses, as the team is known, made the final of the European Championship in 2009 and beat the U.S. 2-1 in an April exhibition.
It's Germany's Cup to Lose Matthew Futterman 2011
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Now, I could be reading into the page a bit, but the two characters talking here are a couple lovers living in the Bush, trying to protect the last of the Lionesses, so I feel that the implication is that Beth has found some homeopathic plant, and not that she stumbled on a little bottle of pills.
Jacob Dickerman: Swines and Birds and Homeopaths, Oh My! 2009
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Lionesses live with their sisters, cousins, and aunts; they hunt together and help each other with child care.
The Selfless Gene 2007
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Lionesses live with their sisters, cousins, and aunts; they hunt together and help each other with child care.
The Selfless Gene 2007
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