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Perdu


Definition:

  • (a.) One placed on watch, or in ambush.
  • (a.) A soldier sent on a forlorn hope.
  • (a.) Alt. of Perdue

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Most of Nunn’s money remains unspent, whereas both Kingston and Perdue are being forced to empty their war chests combating each other for their party’s nomination.
  • (2) GEORGIA SENATE Running Michelle Nunn (D) v David Perdue (R) Snapshot A study in how demographics could change national US politics .
  • (3) Two exceptions, however, were the Selective Reminding Test and the Perdue Pegboard.
  • (4) Unchanging since the age of 16: Marcel Proust's A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu.
  • (5) Perdue’s track record suggests he will prioritize policies and programs that aim to intensify production and exports of commodity crops like corn, soy, wheat, cotton, peanuts and rice for global markets.
  • (6) If Perdue insists on serving mainly the interest of Big Ag, this will not “make American agriculture great again”.
  • (7) A brief history of the cire perdue or lost-wax method of casting alloys and the development of modern dental casting materials and techniques are presented.
  • (8) Polls show Democratic Senate candidate Michelle Nunn, 47, the daughter of former senator Sam Nunn, neck-and-neck with Kingston and Perdue, who are in the midst of a bruising primary runoff campaign that won’t be decided until 22 July.
  • (9) Cecil said that Democrats were also conscious of the risk of restrictions of voting in Georgia, where Democrat Michelle Nunn is running against Republican Michael Perdue.
  • (10) It is these farmers, the rank and file of American agriculture, who are unlikely to be served by Perdue’s agenda.
  • (11) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Hank Schwab of Atlanta shows the campaign hat he’s worn for the past 30 years at a gathering in support of David Perdue.
  • (12) Meanwhile, the middlemen – commodity brokers, processors and traders (not so coincidentally the agricultural sub-sector that Perdue’s own company calls home) –will continue to reap the benefits of growing demand overseas.
  • (13) Read more We can also expect Perdue’s USDA to slash incentives for conservation on farms that safeguard land and keep water viable for future generations and ignore worker demands for better wages and protection.
  • (14) Sonny Perdue vows to make American agriculture great again – but for whom?
  • (15) A telling signal of what to expect from Perdue is the reaction to his appointment from commodity associations, traders and brokers.
  • (16) He adores Proust and, in 1972, spent a year adapting à la Recherche du Temps Perdu for the screen; the movie has yet to be made but the effect of living with Proust was profound.
  • (17) And at a time when food systems contribute as much as 25% of global greenhouse gasses, Perdue joins the growing ranks of cabinet nominees who deny climate change science, calling it “a running joke” and a reason “liberals have lost all credibility”.
  • (18) The night following Trump’s announcement, Perdue took the stage at the Bipartisan Inaugural Gala Celebrating American Agriculture and promised to “make American agriculture great again”.
  • (19) David Perdue, senator for Georgia, Yates’s home state, backed the decision.
  • (20) The good news is that Perdue clears a bar far too few Trump cabinet nominees seem to meet – he has experience in government and management, as well as knowledge about the department he’s been selected to lead.

Watch


Definition:

  • (v. i.) The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night.
  • (v. i.) One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard.
  • (v. i.) The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
  • (v. i.) The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night.
  • (v. i.) A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.
  • (n.) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch.
  • (n.) That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and the starboard watch.
  • (v. i.) To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil.
  • (v. i.) To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.
  • (v. i.) To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to seek opportunity.
  • (v. i.) To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a fever.
  • (v. i.) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.
  • (v. t.) To give heed to; to observe the actions or motions of, for any purpose; to keep in view; not to lose from sight and observation; as, to watch the progress of a bill in the legislature.
  • (v. t.) To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They had watched him celebrate mass with three million pilgrims on the packed-out shores of Copacabana beach .
  • (2) It was like watching somebody pouring a blue liquid into a glass, it just began filling up.
  • (3) Facial expression, EEG, and self-report of subjective emotional experience were recorded while subjects individually watched both pleasant and unpleasant films.
  • (4) The government has been counting on the fact that their attacks on the NHS are too complicated to be widely understood: after all, their Health and Social Care Act was much longer than the legislation that created the NHS under Aneurin Bevan’s watch in the first place.
  • (5) "We purposely watched it that way - to magnify the experience," Kidman says.
  • (6) Milan’s 4-0 win over Steaua in the European Cup final in 1989 was a great display so I’ve made my players watch the video.
  • (7) I liked watching Morecambe & Wise, I liked the Queen's speech because it was on and everyone listened to it.
  • (8) Yet Malema's influence continues to grow and his travails are watched with interest.
  • (9) Four million viewers tune in to the show every week and two million more watch online the next day.
  • (10) Lessons have been learned from previous Games, not least London 2012, in how to best frame the sporting action for maximum impact – not only for those watching on television but those attending in person.
  • (11) I could walk around more freely than in North Korea, but it was very apparent I was being watched.” The country consistently sits at the bottom of global freedom rankings, in the company of North Korea and Eritrea.
  • (12) The UK is a country we are watching closely on these issues.
  • (13) Russia's most widely watched television station, state-controlled Channel One, followed a bulletin about his death with a summary of the crimes he is accused of committing, including the siphoning of millions of dollars from national airline Aeroflot.
  • (14) But despite gendarmes keeping watch at entrances to the village, one local police officer said there were five times more journalists than security forces.
  • (15) I watch three hours of Smiley, then I have lunch, then I write for a couple of minutes. '
  • (16) I watched as she made the briefest eye contact with me on their way back, the flicker of hurt and sadness in her eyes reflecting mine, before the shutters came down.
  • (17) He said: “Henri is someone the club has been watching for a while and he has developed into an excellent player at Bordeaux.
  • (18) KNOWLEDGE ARCHIVE "Having watched 42-year-old Kevin Poole turn out for Derby recently, I wondered 'have any grandfathers ever played league football?'
  • (19) When you score a hat trick in the first 16 minutes of a World Cup Final with tens of millions of people watching across the world, essentially ending the match and clinching the tournament before most players worked up a sweat or Japan had a chance to throw in the towel, your status as a sports legend is forever secure – and any favorable comparisons thrown your way are deserved.
  • (20) They watch the Premier League everywhere in Africa."

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