Definitions
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- noun prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
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Examples
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Wall Street, though, should not be an all powerful force that pressures companies to live-and-die by their daily stock value.
David Rohde: Wall Street's Long Occupation of the Middle Class David Rohde 2011
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Crystal, a live-and-die with the Yankees fan, took a more serious approach.
USATODAY.com - Japan Series prepares Matsui for World Series 2003
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"In 2020, a generation of kids who don't have much expectation of long-term employment with the same company won't have the same live-and-die loyalty to the Yankees."
NYT > Home Page 2010
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I've always been interested in productivity and have come to live-and-die rely on it.
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I've always been interested in productivity and have come to live-and-die rely on it.
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"Guys that have been through incredible things in their lives, the live-and-die of a game for me usually isn't the same for people that have seen life and death," Izzo said.
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