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- noun Alternative spelling of
food chain .
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Examples
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Giving specific immunity for SPECIFIC testimony leading UP the foodchain is a different matter entirely.
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Then again, I'm reporting on him reporting on himself pressing his nose up against the glass at the West Brom training ground, which leaves me even further down the foodchain.3.17pm: Roma's Chilean midfielder David Pizarro is on his way to Carrington to talk turkey with Manchester City suits.
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Those further down the foodchain who suffer as a result are, of course, irrelevant.
What Really Matters At The Top « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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These always seem to get lost on the way down the foodchain.
Remote Inspector Gadget « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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I help small business local use Twitter and SM and this is a great tool for them free and they can learn how to use it and then go up the foodchain in listening software when they learn more.
TweetGrid Monitors Multiple Twitter Searches In Real Time | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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I was happy enough with that, but then again, I had no interest in getting into or competing in the academic (highly linguistics-only) research sphere ‘above me’ in the ELT foodchain.
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That proposition actually sounds good for those on the lower tier of the foodchain.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Immigration: Costs and Benefits, in Liberty and Otherwise 2010
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"There are two long term effects that worry me because they are unknown, which are oil in the foodchain and the potential effects of the dispersants, which is likely to effect the first problem," she told HuffPost.
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Scientists have found signs of an oil-and-dispersant mix under the shells of tiny blue crab larvae in the Gulf of Mexico, the first clear indication that the unprecedented use of dispersants in the BP oil spill has broken up the oil into toxic droplets so tiny that they can easily enter the foodchain.
Scientists Find Evidence That Oil And Dispersant Mix Is Making Its Way Into The Foodchain 2010
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Scientists have found signs of an oil-and-dispersant mix under the shells of tiny blue crab larvae in the Gulf of Mexico, the first clear indication that the unprecedented use of dispersants in the BP oil spill has broken up the oil into toxic droplets so tiny that they can easily enter the foodchain.
Scientists Find Evidence That Oil And Dispersant Mix Is Making Its Way Into The Foodchain 2010
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