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- noun Plural form of
caldron (alternative spelling ofcauldrons ).
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Examples
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Some analysts warn that even if Mr. Jonathan were to restore part of the subsidy, the concession wouldn't be enough to satisfy the thousands of protesters, who have turned city centers into caldrons of antigovernment sentiment.
Nigerian Protests Widen, Pressuring President Drew Hinshaw 2012
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Some analysts warn that even if Mr. Jonathan were to restore part of the subsidy, the concession wouldn't be enough to satisfy the thousands of protesters, who have turned city centers into caldrons of antigovernment sentiment.
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Another example is the fortuitous nuclear resonance in carbon, which enables helium to bootstrap inside the nuclear caldrons of stars.
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However, I do think that sometimes referees feel the heat in some of the worst football caldrons in the world like Azteca stadium.
Archive 2009-10-01 Matt Johnston 2009
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The huge meals the knight got to eat whenever he wanted: beef and chicken and fish and caldrons of soup.
The Cure for Modern Life Lisa Tucker 2008
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The huge meals the knight got to eat whenever he wanted: beef and chicken and fish and caldrons of soup.
The Cure for Modern Life Lisa Tucker 2008
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To the Rileys, the Magick Moon was simply a shop where people interested in witchcraft could buy books, incense, wands and caldrons.
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Flames of every sort writhed "in tortuous streams through the sand; wide caldrons filled with boiling fire, over which bent ghastly wretches stirring the strange brewing; and through all, crowds of half-clad men, looking like revengeful ghosts in the red light, hurried, throwing masses of glittering fire."
Appalachian Hardship 2006
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In the caldrons of punditry, hot words began to bubble: America has an enemy again, there's a new cold war.
Friend Or Foe? 2008
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Flames of every sort writhed "in tortuous streams through the sand; wide caldrons filled with boiling fire, over which bent ghastly wretches stirring the strange brewing; and through all, crowds of half-clad men, looking like revengeful ghosts in the red light, hurried, throwing masses of glittering fire."
Appalachian Hardship 2006
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