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- noun Plural form of
squid .
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Examples
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As his company lies incapacitated by dehydration, as weather and geography prevent resupply from helicopters while the company is pinned down by North Vietnamese troops, the captain orders the medics—called "squids"—to pull the IVs from the wounded in order to hydrate the "effectives"—functioning soldiers—so that they can survive the next assault by the enemy and continue the mission.
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"Now, you alley-spawned son of a tavern hag, open the weapon lockers before the witch calls the squids to drag us all down to Umberlee!"
The Veiled Dragon Denning, Troy 1996
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Also to my ex, 'cause apparently "squids" is a nickname for sailors.
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The petrochemical spill by BP has ceased shipping in an effort to prevent the spill from spoiling sea life, such as squids, cetaceans and other cephalopods, while the Iceland volcano continues to cause chaos, creating ever decreasing aircraft corridors.
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The OccupyWallStreet movement has attracted a diverse, articulate and educated group united in their resolve to unsnarl the tentacles of Wall Street's vampire squids from around society's arteries.
Suzanne O'Keeffe: American Autumn in Los Angeles -- OccupyWallSt Joins Main Street Suzanne O'Keeffe 2011
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The OccupyWallStreet movement has attracted a diverse, articulate and educated group united in their resolve to unsnarl the tentacles of Wall Street's vampire squids from around society's arteries.
Suzanne O'Keeffe: American Autumn in Los Angeles -- OccupyWallSt Joins Main Street Suzanne O'Keeffe 2011
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The Wall Street blood sucking vampire squids are supposed to, somehow, profit on this business model?
L. Randall Wray: Nightmare on Wall Street L. Randall Wray 2011
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My memories of biology are still not pleasant (when we were dissecting squids, one of the kids in class spilled the bag of dead squid, and the whole hall smelled of fish and formaldehyde for two weeks), but I did avoid passing out or being sick.
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The OccupyWallStreet movement has attracted a diverse, articulate and educated group united in their resolve to unsnarl the tentacles of Wall Street's vampire squids from around society's arteries.
Suzanne O'Keeffe: American Autumn in Los Angeles -- OccupyWallSt Joins Main Street Suzanne O'Keeffe 2011
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The OccupyWallStreet movement has attracted a diverse, articulate and educated group united in their resolve to unsnarl the tentacles of Wall Street's vampire squids from around society's arteries.
Suzanne O'Keeffe: American Autumn in Los Angeles -- OccupyWallSt Joins Main Street Suzanne O'Keeffe 2011
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