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Examples
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It was all to no avail, however—the smaller birds might as well have been origami sculptures for all the effect they had on the so-called ornithophobe.
Fear Itself Jonathan Nasaw 2003
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As an "ornithophobe," I have a hard time working up sympathy for the birds, but this made me kinda sad!
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird (copy) ____Maggie 2008
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And Ocean Beach was no place for an ornithophobe, thought Linda—especially a suicidal one.
Fear Itself Jonathan Nasaw 2003
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Raptor, most likely: Wayne, an ornithophobe, knew from the studies he’d undertaken as part of Dr. Taylor’s desensitization therapy that it had to be either a raptor or a carrion eater, and of the two, only the raptors had need of silent wings.
Fear Itself Jonathan Nasaw 2003
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A relatively minor inconvenience, she knew, especially compared to the lengths an ornithophobe like Wayne had to go to avoid his bêtes—as specific phobia disorders go, prosoponophobia wasn’t the worst one to have.
Fear Itself Jonathan Nasaw 2003
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