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- noun Plural form of
squib . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
squib .
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Examples
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Well, he served for some time at a queer sort o 'trade -- the makin' o 'fireworks; them rediklous things they call squibs, crackers, rockets, an' Roman candles, with which the foolish folk o 'the settlements blow their money into smoke for the sake o' ticklin 'their fancies for a few minutes.
The Prairie Chief 1859
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One of my favorites of Juster’s smaller squibs is called
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In the class, students recreate Hollywood-style gunshots, using tiny explosive devices called squibs that one of the students volunteers to wear under his clothes.
Lighting Up 2011
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In the class, students re-create Hollywood-style gunshots, using tiny explosive devices called squibs.
Melons Bursting in Air Rachel Emma Silverman 2011
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Wizard pairings can indeed result in non-magical children, called squibs, which, although relatively rare, are possibly three or four per generation small number of people in the wizard world.
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Wizard pairings can indeed result in non-magical children, called squibs, which, although relatively rare, are possibly three or four per generation small number of people in the wizard world.
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Evenwith films and photographs depicting flames burning with an impossible intensity, small explosions called "squibs" bursting out below the fall zone on the buildings andmany, many other circumstances called into questionall was just dismissed when the president headed off the investigation.
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I sincerely hope you'll write a new post soon - even if it's only to say "well, I've re-examined the evidence of steel melting, explosive "squibs", free fall, Pentagon hole too small to be a jetliner, no wreckage at the Pentagon... and I'm doing so without prejudice".
"You may rest assured that I, and hundreds of supporters, will continue to contact you, by email, phone, and perhaps in-person requests...." Ann Althouse 2008
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For example, we see demolition "squibs" shooting out of the windows of the buildings before they started to collapse.
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"As for the" squibs "conspiracy theorists claim to see in videos of the WTC collapse, these are plumes of smoke and debris ejected from the building due to the immense pressure associated with millions of tons of falling towers (see Figure 1)."
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