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Examples
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Buggy Whips is the only thing left, so it must be growing as a % of GDP.
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In 2002, for example, General Mills' Yoplait modified an existing yogurt item primarily by whipping air into it and repositioned the resulting product, dubbed Whips, as a dessert.
Driving Growth In Consumer Goods Sharon M. Flanagan 2006
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"Whips" get their name from fox hunting, where "whippers-in" are responsible for keeping the hounds moving in the right direction, i.e., toward the prey.
Latest Articles Free Lance Star 2008
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Discipline within the parties is maintained with Draconian severity by the so-called "Whips" (i.e.,
Gems (?) of German Thought William Archer 1890
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His next step, presumably, will be to demonize the Republicans for making such deep cuts to the Department of Buggy Whips.
Notable & Quotable 2011
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Whips around his bronze telescoping spear and pierces one through the face.
Can You Survive The Zombie Apocalypse? Max Brallier 2011
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You make a good point that the Whips will have known a lot about the expenses scandals, and you can bet that the likes of Brown will have kept in touch with who was cheating at what.
Who Does this C*** think he is? Alan Smart 2009
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Whips have been coming up to us and asking how we are taking this.
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BD: The phrase actually comes from a poem: "Whips of lightning cracks the sky."
Mike Ragogna: Moline Loves Paul Simon, Plus Chatting With Bill Wyman, American Idol's James Durbin and Mastodon's Brann Dailor Mike Ragogna 2011
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BD: The phrase actually comes from a poem: "Whips of lightning cracks the sky."
Mike Ragogna: Moline Loves Paul Simon, Plus Chatting With Bill Wyman, American Idol's James Durbin and Mastodon's Brann Dailor Mike Ragogna 2011
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