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- noun US, euphemistic Alternative spelling of
broken arrow , anuclear accident .
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Examples
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Chapter Seventeen When the Homestead Act opened up Oklahoma in the last century, the area called Broken Arrow had boasted of only two natural features: osage and Indians.
Encounter Group Sapir, Richard & Murphy, Warren 1984
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Melody did call Broken Arrow police and filed a report.
unknown title 2008
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Even John Woo, director of Hollywood action blockbusters such as Broken Arrow and Face Off, filmed scenes, though they apparently ended up on the cutting room floor.
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I have always thought Travola play a great whacked out bad guy ever since Broken Arrow.
Second Crazy Trailer for Pierre Morel's From Paris with Love « FirstShowing.net 2010
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Heather Joplin was taught as a child to stick to a budget, and her parents set an example of living on less than they make, says her father Toby Joplin, of Broken Arrow, Okla.
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The Na'vi are first and foremost the cinematic heirs to the Hollywood Indian, from Broken Arrow to Dances with Wolves.
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A woman examining a cloud of papers that have blown across the river to Brooklyn, the detritus of disaster including a rental car form from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010
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A woman examining a cloud of papers that have blown across the river to Brooklyn, the detritus of disaster including a rental car form from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010
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A rental car claim adjustment from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010
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I like action -- Broken Arrow still ranks as one of my all-time favorite movies -- and nothing saves a rainy day like Austin Powers.
Holly Robinson: A Survivor's Guide to Watching The American 2010
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