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Examples
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I mean, it's not as if Tom Terrific is Mr. Perfect, you know.
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She loves the way he says "Terrific" -- it puts her in mind of a couple of guys she went out with in high school -- and she knows, suddenly, that they can both be very good for each other.
Mother Of Storms Barnes, John, 1957- 1994
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Known by his nickname "Tom Terrific", Mr. Campbell waged war on the city's swelling counter-culture during his terms of office from 1967 to 1972, denouncing hippies, threatening to use the War Measures Act to round up radicals, and trying to put the Georgia Straight out of business.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed ROD MICKLEBURGH 2012
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McGraw-Hill CEO Confirms Apple Tablet, iPhone OS Based, Going to Be "Terrific" - Mac Rumors What Might a Tablet's Home Screen Look Like?
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Instead, Obama's opponent is Tom "Terrific" Morrison, the perfect amalgamation of John McCain (without the maverick instability) and Mitt Romney (without the Mormonism): "square-jawed, straight-backed, irresistibly perfect."
Oh . Ron Charles 2011
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The next thing there is a photo of Wilbur under the "Terrific" web on the front page of the paper.
Tony Newman: Reading Charlotte's Web as a Activist Tony Newman 2010
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The next thing there is a photo of Wilbur under the "Terrific" web on the front page of the paper.
Tony Newman: Reading Charlotte's Web as a Activist Tony Newman 2010
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After a couple of months the news wears off and Charlotte again spins a web that says "Terrific".
Tony Newman: Reading Charlotte's Web as a Activist Tony Newman 2010
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After a couple of months the news wears off and Charlotte again spins a web that says "Terrific".
Tony Newman: Reading Charlotte's Web as a Activist Tony Newman 2010
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"Terrific" is just too casual, despite its root in terror.
Joe Queenan has had it with reviewers calling things "astonishing." Ann Althouse 2007
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