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  • noun Plural form of stunt.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stunt.

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Examples

  • Troy is the creator of what he hopes is agrizzly-proof suit, and he repeat­edly tests his armour – and courage – in stunts that are both hair-raising and hilar­ious.

    hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » Project Grizzly Streaming at NFB 2009

  • Both engage in stunts and frivolous suits in vain efforts to attract attention to themselves.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » New lawsuit on Obamacare 2010

  • Both engage in stunts and frivolous suits in vain efforts to attract attention to themselves.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » New lawsuit on Obamacare 2010

  • The problem with doing stunts is a need to do bigger & bigger stunts.

    Why the Moon? Here's Why. - NASA Watch 2009

  • The Dark Knight's director is skipping CG for the real (and Imax) deal in stunts ...

    Coffee Break: June 27 2008

  • Has had problems grasping the play-book and is best served just playing off the edge, rather than getting involved in stunts and zone responsibilities ...

    USATODAY.com 2005

  • The following series of stunts is that considered as official by the

    Naomi Craig RA: Sports and Games ITY Brown University 1997

  • I do not mean cards or tennis or golf or any of the famous outdoor and indoor sports, but just games, the sort of things that are sometimes called stunts and that make the life of the party -- or, by their absence or failure, rob the evening gathering of all its vitality.

    When Winter Comes to Main Street Grant Martin Overton 1908

  • Forgoing cheap gimmicks and short term stunts in favour of cheap gimmicks and long term stunts, Brown has gone for an eye catching, loft-lagging, double glazing, lightbulb changing extravaganza that has already been described by one source close to the Prime Minister as "pathetic". energy saving ideas, nor is Alan Johnson, but if you're going to do a job you might as well do it properly.

    The Daily Pundit 2008

  • A house of hollow laughter was left -- of pretense -- "stunts" -- of prescribed rules and intolerance with all breakers of rules even though the breakers of rules were dreamers of dreams.

    The Visioning Susan Glaspell 1915

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