Definitions
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- adjective thrown away
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Examples
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Tucked into thrown-away nights and abandoned time slots -- far from the droning anonymous dance scene or here-today-gone-tomorrow rock gigs -- the Americana / hillbilly / country shows have been the musical lifeboats of Los Angeles.
Suzanne O'Keeffe: Too Real to Be on Radio -- Roots Music Rescues Los Angeles Suzanne O'Keeffe 2011
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With any luck, this year the state legislature could hit the $1 billion mark when it comes to thrown-away federal aid.
Dan Collins: Albany Gets an "F" in Education Dan Collins 2010
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Tucked into thrown-away nights and abandoned time slots -- far from the droning anonymous dance scene or here-today-gone-tomorrow rock gigs -- the Americana / hillbilly / country shows have been the musical lifeboats of Los Angeles.
Suzanne O'Keeffe: Too Real to Be on Radio -- Roots Music Rescues Los Angeles Suzanne O'Keeffe 2011
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Tucked into thrown-away nights and abandoned time slots -- far from the droning anonymous dance scene or here-today-gone-tomorrow rock gigs -- the Americana / hillbilly / country shows have been the musical lifeboats of Los Angeles.
Suzanne O'Keeffe: Too Real to Be on Radio -- Roots Music Rescues Los Angeles Suzanne O'Keeffe 2011
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Tucked into thrown-away nights and abandoned time slots -- far from the droning anonymous dance scene or here-today-gone-tomorrow rock gigs -- the Americana / hillbilly / country shows have been the musical lifeboats of Los Angeles.
Suzanne O'Keeffe: Too Real to Be on Radio -- Roots Music Rescues Los Angeles Suzanne O'Keeffe 2011
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Dragging Phipps over to a garbage bin, he began cramming fistfuls of thrown-away popcorn into his mouth.
Unearthly Asylum P. J. Bracegirdle 2010
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Dragging Phipps over to a garbage bin, he began cramming fistfuls of thrown-away popcorn into his mouth.
Unearthly Asylum P. J. Bracegirdle 2010
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Everybody has that one relationship that is a string of bad nights, thrown-away chances, and what-ifs.
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Also, paper production consumes a lot of energy, paper mills are big polluters, and thrown-away sheets clog landfills.
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Am now a harvester of thrown-away bounty, things that will heat me, feed me, protect and hydrate me.
Veracity LAURA BYNUM 2010
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