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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hail.

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Examples

  • The name hails from a Japanese kaju movie starring a large flying turtle but the work behind Gamera is all Stateside.

    Gizmodo Jack Loftus 2011

  • Palin hails from the Christian right wing of the party, Moore said, while Stevens and Young represent the pro-business wing.

    Palin pick shakes up Alaska politics 2008

  • John McCain hails from the beautiful desert state of Arizona -- home to Wright's winter home, Taliesin West and several of his most important late-career works.

    The Wright Election? 2008

  • The term hails from a legend that Siamese royalty gave albino elephants -- revered but financially ruinous to maintain -- to unpleasant courtiers.

    The Stampede of White Elephants 2008

  • Even Politico's Jim VandeHei, the right-wing journalist who hails from the adopted hometown of Johnson, has questioned the shadow candidate's bona fides.

    David Bourgeois: GOP Senate Candidate Ron Johnson: Pure Plastic David Bourgeois 2010

  • Everytime Doug, New Jersey comments, my face turns red from embarrassment at the fact that he hails from the same state that I do.

    Lugar becomes first Republican to back Sotomayor 2009

  • Whisenhunt, a native of Augusta, Ga., and the Steelers 'former offensive coordinator, befriended Mediate (who hails from the Steel City) during his Pittsburgh coaching tenure.

    Whisenhunt's next job: Don't let Cards become one-year wonder 2009

  • It hails from a lesser-known region of California called Calaveras

    California Wines 2009

  • Or picture Sir Philip Green, who hails from the world of disposable clothing, contemplating the mind-blowing waste that is a classics degree.

    Why are we letting business big shots alter our society? Catherine Bennett 2010

  • And the liberals weren't entirely wrong, for Mr. Emanuel, a prominent alumnus of Bill Clinton's administration and a veteran of his drive to move the Democratic party to the middle, hails from the more moderate wing of the Democratic party.

    Big Personality Out, Smaller Agenda In Gerald F. Seib 2010

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