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- noun Plural form of
hammerhead .
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Examples
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"I had to deal with the land sharks, the regulators, the reviewers, the red tape, dispensers and what I call the hammerheads, the lawyers," she said.
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Saw some people catch hammerheads from the pier too, but none from shore.
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Saw some people catch hammerheads from the pier too, but none from shore.
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When I first started fishing for sharks off Long Island, NY, in the 1980s, hammerheads were common.
Carl Safina: Shark Attacked, Media Bites Rosie O'Donnell Carl Safina 2012
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I did, however, see hammerheads -- and various other large sharks -- virtually disappear before my eyes.
Carl Safina: Shark Attacked, Media Bites Rosie O'Donnell Carl Safina 2012
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Viorel Firoiu, 48, of Romania claims that it was constipation that lead him to get two hammerheads stuck in his rectum.
Boing Boing 2009
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If you were to use anything other than a telephone pole, you'd never beat a tarpon before the hammerheads ate it.
Light Fight Addict 2009
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One day I hailed a distant boat over the radio to ask how he was doing, and he replied, "Plenty of hammerheads."
Carl Safina: Shark Attacked, Media Bites Rosie O'Donnell Carl Safina 2012
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Probably most distasteful about the incident is that the boat captain put these photos on his web site after the state banned killing of all three species of hammerheads.
Carl Safina: Shark Attacked, Media Bites Rosie O'Donnell Carl Safina 2012
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A bit of a splash erupted on the Web yesterday in the form of photos showing a boat displaying two hammerheads.
Carl Safina: Shark Attacked, Media Bites Rosie O'Donnell Carl Safina 2012
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