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If Tara is able to reach her goal, it will mark the first time, that anyone can remember, that a current titleholder has gotten the go-ahead to shave her locks for that normally showcase the title crown.
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Haman was quick to notice that he had made a mistake, for he saw the king's countenance change color at the mention of the word crown.
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 Louis Ginzberg 1913
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YAKIMA - The Lynden Christian girls 'basketball team surrendered their defending 1A State title crown.
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Brown ant-like specklet worn by nenuphar in crown.
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In token both of sorrow and slavery, Jerusalem must now cut off her hair and cast it away; the word is peculiar to the hair of the Nazarites, which was the badge and token of their dedication to God, and it is called their crown.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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In Denmark, like in Norway or Sweden, royalty takes pole position, with a currency called the crown.
cafebabel.com 2009
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When want presses them, abstemious as anchorites -- but, if a little fortune falls into their hands, see them ride forth on the most ruinous fancies, loving the fairest and youngest, drinking the oldest and best wines, and not finding enough windows whence to throw their money; then -- the last crown dead and buried -- they begin again to dine at the table d'hôte of chance, where their cover is always laid; smugglers of all the industries which spring from art; in chase, from morning till night, of that wild animal which is called the crown.
La Boheme Giuseppe Giacosa 1876
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With the glass at a 45-degree angle, pour it three-fourths full, let it settle, then top it off for a foam "crown."
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They own hotels all over India; the Taj in Mumbai is one of the jewels in their "crown."
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MINITER: Well, to my surprise at the New Yorker hotel in New York, that Reverend Moon appeared, that it was a largely religious service that lasted several hours, and that my boss 'boss, Preston Moon, appeared on the stage alongside his father, was wearing a long flowing robe and kind of crown.
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