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- noun Plural form of
hide-out .
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Examples
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Kunduz and the surrounding provinces are known hide-outs for the Taliban, al-Qaeda and fighters from militant factions that include the Haqqani network, Hizb-i-Islami and the IMU, which aims to create an Islamic state across Central Asia.
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Violence has been on the rise in the north, where there are known hide-outs for the Taliban, al-Qaeda and fighters from other militant factions, including the Haqqani network, Hizb-i-Islami and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
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Univs are hide-outs and full-employment for profs who indoctrinate the too young and too inexperienced clueless; which has hurt the country and brought it down.
Barbell Labor Market?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The lack of farm land, the open invitation of the sea and the hide-outs in endless mountains cultivated a spirit of adventure and impatience.
Angry and ashamed, we Greeks need to see a just solution to our ills | Nikos Konstantaras 2011
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Security has been deteriorating in Kunduz and other northern provinces, where there are known hide-outs for the Taliban, al-Qaeda and fighters from other militant factions, including the Haqqani network, Hizb-i-Islami and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
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Kunduz and the surrounding provinces are known hide-outs for the Taliban, al-Qaeda and fighters from militant factions that include the Haqqani network, Hizb-i-Islami and the IMU, which aims to create an Islamic state across Central Asia.
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Muslim rebels and al-Qaida-linked militants have long staged terrorist attacks and hostage raids from jungle hide-outs in the south, where U.S. troops have been training Filipino soldiers.
Filipinos Vote Amid Violence, Glitches By HRVOJE HRANJSKI 2010
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The helicopter strikes Friday targeted several militant hide-outs while ground forces were clearing various areas in Orakzai, local official Sami Ullah said.
Alleged Militants Killed in Pakistan Associated Press 2010
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The helicopter strikes Friday targeted several militant hide-outs while ground forces were clearing various areas in Orakzai, local official Sami Ullah said.
Alleged Militants Killed in Pakistan Associated Press 2010
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Just over seven years later, following multiple U.S. cruise missiles launched into the country and targeted air strikes by the air force of the U. S.-aided Yemeni regime against “suspected hide-outs of Al Qaeda,” the New York Times announced, “In the midst of two unfinished major wars, the United States has quietly opened a third, largely covert front against Al Qaeda in Yemen.”
Tom Engelhardt: An American World of War: What to Watch for in 2010 2010
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