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Examples
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All of the presidential candidates are spouting “CHANGE” as their “catch-word of the day.”
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But for God's sake, use some other catch-word/logo/brand than "Blue America."
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Although the word "McCarthyism" has crept into our language as a catch-word for that period, if one is interested in studying the impact of intense anti-communism on First Amendment rights, there is no reason at all for separating the anti-communism practiced in 1949 from the anti-communism practiced in 1951.
Is That Legal?: McCarthyism Was Not An Essentially Private Phenomenon 2006
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Madge had no sooner received the catch-word, than she vindicated
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Did You miss the glaring fascist catch-word? by john riggs on Monday, Dec 17, 2007 at 8: 05: 09 PM
OpEdNews - Quicklink: State to run background checks on bus evacuees 2007
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But “terrorism†remains the catch-word used by those in power to keep us living in fear.
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Fokers — were not mere characters of trick and catch-word, were not empty comic masks.
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Their catch-word is “dangerous,” a word taken from an ill-considered appearance by Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) on the Senate floor next to a sign (color-coded to match her outfit) stating “Dangerously Incompetent” in large letters.
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“Common humanity!” exclaimed the being, with a scornful laugh that sounded like a shriek, “where got ye that catch-word — that noose for woodcocks — that common disguise for man-traps — that bait which the wretched idiot who swallows, will soon find covers a hook with barbs ten times sharper than those you lay for the animals which you murder for your luxury!”
The Black Dwarf 2004
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Obedience, unconditional obedience, is the catch-word of tyrants of every description, and to render
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