(n.) A passerine bird of the family Dicruridae. They are usually black with a deeply forked tail. They are natives of Asia, Africa, and Australia; -- called also drongo shrikes.
Example Sentences:
(1) Say g’day to the new guy: Tom, an amiable drongo seeking his true calling.
Mong
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(1) Political pressure was always a fact of life in public media,” Mong told Reuters.
(2) A mong the multiple absurdities uttered by those who demanded Britain’s departure from the European Union is the claim that, since the sky has not yet fallen in, all those gloomy warnings from the remain crowd have been proved wrong.
(3) Will, and the four Fifa executive-committee members stood four square behind him — Lennart Johansson, Uefa's top politician whom Blatter had defeated in the 1998 presidential campaign, Issa Hayatou, the Conderation of African Football president who was challenging Blatter at the 2002 election, the Italian Antonio Matarrese and the Korean Chung Mong-joon — were all executive-committee members.
(4) The Federation of Students said the government must provide further explanation for the violence in Mong Kok on Friday before they can hold talks with the administration, the South China Morning Post reported.
(5) A mong the acres of coverage of Margaret Thatcher this week, one thing was clear: opinions about the former prime minister – who, in the words of Labour leader Ed Miliband, "reshaped the politics of a whole generation" – varied dramatically according to which generation the person came from.
(6) Some decided to withdraw from Mong Kok neighbourhood and the gate outside the chief executive’s office and to remove barriers on Sunday afternoon, but hundreds more promptly arrived to replace them.
(7) I will stay until they kick us [out].” Winnie Kwan, an accountant, said police actions in Mong Kok were “terrible and ridiculous”.
(8) A mong his first acts as prime minister, Tony Abbott abolished the position of science minister.
(9) tania branigan (@taniabranigan) V nasty mob mood in Mong Kok, cops holding crowd back but not many officers October 3, 2014 tania branigan (@taniabranigan) Occupy protestors totally surrounded.
(10) Last year, he became embroiled in a Twitter storm when one of his tweets included the word "mong".
(11) This latter group has been labeled as having chronic mountain sickness or Monge's disease.
(12) In 2010, after the media law was passed, Attila Mong, the anchor of the state radio’s morning show, protested with a one-minute silence on air.
(13) Witnesses said about 1,000 protesters faced off in Mong Kok, a densely populated known for its gang presence, at mid-morning on Saturday, but there were no uniformed police in sight.
(14) A mong the many challenges of writing is dealing with rules of correct usage: whether to worry about split infinitives, fused participles, and the meanings of words such as "fortuitous", "decimate" and "comprise".
(15) In the village of Mong, I give the prayer wheel and extra spin to purify the soul of Ricky Gervais.
(16) The region’s financial secretary, John Tsang, acknowledged that the mass movement was unprecedented, telling the South China Morning Post: “The government, political parties, community groups, the media and the public have no experience and psychological preparation to face this situation, making it all the more difficult to resolve.” Many participants have ignored leaders’ previous calls, such as to withdraw from the Mong Kok neighbourhood, where triads and others have attacked protesters and where many residents are angered by the ongoing blockade, which they say has hit their livelihoods.
(17) Everyone is just exhausted and we can’t go [on for a] long, long, long time.” Divisions appeared within the protest movement on Sunday, as some withdrew from Mong Kok neighbourhood and the gate outside the chief executive’s office, while others arrived to replace them.
(18) Mong Kok has also seen angry confrontations between protesters and residents, who said the occupation had disrupted their lives and damaged business – reflected in the large number of bystanders yelling at the remaining demonstrators.
(19) A much smaller number remained at Mong Kok in Kowloon.
(20) On Tuesday night, thousands of people gathered at three main protest sites – near government offices in the district Admiralty and on bustling commercial streets in Mong Kok and Causeway Bay – to watch a live broadcast of the dialogues projected on to big screens.