Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Twisted; tortuous.
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Examples
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And the world can go ahead and assume our position on tortue is Yeah, we torture, whatcha gonna do about it?
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No serious person could possibly believe that the US will ever actually prosecute any member of the CIA who engages in tortue -- and we've know for at least two years now that the OLC memos are all about the CIA and not, in any serious way, about the military -- and the capitulation deprives anyone victimized by the United States of a day in court.
Balkinization 2006
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Thus, I think that we should be outraged, since the only thing we accomplish through tortue is to inspire future people to killus.
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They are seen individually, so, "Ce SONT" is very appropriate and would be my choice. le paon du jour is a peacock butterfly le vulcain is a red admiral la (vanesse) petite tortue is a tortoiseshell la piéride = pierid
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Cannot wait ... its going to be tortue waiting for November!
Teaser: Indigo's Book Nalini Singh 2009
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The only thing Cheney understands about right is far right of atilla the hun he is – scrap the US Constitution Ignore all Laws about how we are seen in the world – kill anyone that gets in our way and tortue all others – now that the to live – ONLY IN THE WORLD OF "DARTH VADAR" sara
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Trolls LOVE tortue, I expected them to be here en masse.
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Trolls LOVE tortue, I expected them to be here en masse.
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The President can, in such an extreme circumstance, issue a blanket Pardon to those who will be involved in the tortue.
Hillary "Troubled" By Mukasey On Torture, But Won't Rule Out Supporting Him 2009
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Two years ago, in an essay in the Book Review, Pevear discussed the difficulties they had in rendering a bowl of “tortue” with “grebeshki” served in “War and Peace,” which may or may not be helpful to you this Thanksgiving.
Waiter, There’s Some Grebeshki in My Turtle Soup - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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