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Examples
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Throughout the Libyan uprising, European leaders—especially Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy—haven't been tongue- or action-tied by the plight of their nationals.
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Even the little one is amused when I do that tongue- thrusting, eye-rolling thing.
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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Even the little one is amused when I do that tongue- thrusting, eye-rolling thing.
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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Even the little one is amused when I do that tongue- thrusting, eye-rolling thing.
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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Even the little one is amused when I do that tongue- thrusting, eye-rolling thing.
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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There are tongue- in-cheek documentaries, such as Morgan Spurlock's “The Greatest Movie Ever Sold.”
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The housekeeper took him aside and gave him a tongue- lashing he’ll not soon forget.
Leave the Grave Green Deborah Crombie 1995
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