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- noun Plural form of
canary . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
canary .
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- noun a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces
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Examples
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The term "canaries" comes from the old practice of placing canaries in cages in underground mines.
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After more than 20 months of White House insistence that the only useful role for progressive canaries is to keep singing the president's tune, the electoral coal mine is filled with the political equivalent of carbon monoxide and methane.
Norman Solomon: Progressive Canaries in a Political Mine Norman Solomon 2010
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After more than 20 months of White House insistence that the only useful role for progressive canaries is to keep singing the president's tune, the electoral coal mine is filled with the political equivalent of carbon monoxide and methane.
Norman Solomon: Progressive Canaries in a Political Mine Norman Solomon 2010
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After more than 20 months of White House insistence that the only useful role for progressive canaries is to keep singing the president's tune, the electoral coal mine is filled with the political equivalent of carbon monoxide and methane.
Norman Solomon: Progressive Canaries in a Political Mine Norman Solomon 2010
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After more than 20 months of White House insistence that the only useful role for progressive canaries is to keep singing the president's tune, the electoral coal mine is filled with the political equivalent of carbon monoxide and methane.
Norman Solomon: Progressive Canaries in a Political Mine Norman Solomon 2010
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He said that when he grew up he was going to be a merchant, and he had already begun to carry on a trade in canaries and goldfish.
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A: You keep beating on the sides as you drive along, so that at least half of the canaries are airborne at any given moment.
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The so-called canaries in the coal mine, at the poles and our planet, of course, and in warmer waters, just beneath the surface of the sea.
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The so-called canaries in the coal mine, at the poles and our planet, of course, and in warmer waters, just beneath the surface of the sea.
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They were called canaries, and the dogs were soon forgotten.
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