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ESPOUSE
- To take up and support as a cause, become attached to.
- Usage: Interview with golfer Patty Sheehan.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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NOR'EASTER
- Coastal low pressure system along the Atlantic seaboard that is characterized by strong northeasterly winds off the Atlantic that produce heavy amounts of precipitation, high surf, and coastal erosion.
- Usage: Weather report.
Source: New England Climate Initiative.
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TUWAITHA
- Location near Baghdad, Iraq, that is the main site for the Iraqi nuclear program (Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center), allegedly destroyed during the Gulf War.
- Usage: Debate over U.S. administration's plans for a pre-emptive attack on Iraq, allegedly to prevent use or spread of weapons of mass destruction.
Source: Globalsecurity.org.
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