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- noun Plural form of
tick . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
tick .
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Examples
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The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'.
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The former did not quite pull back its full audience yet as it only managed a 1.5 rating in the 18-49 demo which is off three ticks from the 1.8 it has averaged so far.
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The former did not quite pull back its full audience yet as it only managed a 1.5 rating in the 18-49 demo which is off three ticks from the 1.8 it has averaged so far.
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Peter Oberem received birds three years ago and says he has seen a sharp drop in ticks at his game farm in northern South Africa.
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Peter Oberem received birds three years ago and says he has seen a sharp drop in ticks at his game farm in northern South Africa.
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The former did not quite pull back its full audience yet as it only managed a 1.5 rating in the 18-49 demo which is off three ticks from the 1.8 it has averaged so far.
29 « March « 2010 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy
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The problem is the same as every other component (cf. computers) on any spacecraft: Once they have flown they don the flame suit of 'flight heritage' and are harder to remove than ticks from a dog.
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Fernando is clearly a bright guy, but you basically need someone in the role of party president who has some experience of how the party ticks from the inside.
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If the answer is Obama, then vote for him; if McCain ticks all the boxes (which I doubt), then vote for him.
Campaigns reject Bloomberg, ABC offer for televised town hall
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Sunday Salon and having finished the latest from Peter Carey, His Illegal Self, this morning, I've come over all Hardy-esque in an attempt to shake off the mosquitoes and ticks from the hippie commune in Queensland.
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