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  • adjective having two prongs

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Examples

  • Gadhafi's forces, deployed some 100 miles south of Benghazi on Friday afternoon, launched a rapid two-pronged armor assault from the south and the west overnight, outflanking rebel defenses.

    Allied Forces Attack Libya Nathan Hodge 2011

  • Ike was alluding to the two-pronged strategy he had evolved—one public, the other private.

    Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

  • In the final days, we're sticking with this two-pronged approach.

    Five myths about young voters Heather Smith 2010

  • Gadhafi's forces, deployed some 100 miles south of Benghazi on Friday afternoon, launched a rapid two-pronged armor assault from the south and the west overnight, outflanking rebel defenses.

    Allied Forces Attack Libya Nathan Hodge 2011

  • Thus does he embark on a two-pronged search for his bicycle and his infantile narcissist of a father.

    High-Altitude Viewing Joe Morgenstern 2011

  • To help minimize the dislocation that this shock may entail, countries should consider a two-pronged policy response:

    Abebe Aemro Selassie: Confessions of a Dismal Scientist -- Africa's Resilience Abebe Aemro Selassie 2011

  • Caritas' investigation would indicate that people were killed at close quarters in a small neighborhood of a town of just 50,000 people as pro-Ouattara fighters began a two-pronged assault that brought them swiftly to Abidjan, the commercial capital and seat of power, within days.

    Charity: More than 1,000 killed in Ivorian town 2011

  • My advice to anyone who wants to make her life more satisfying is two-pronged: First, don't settle for a life you don't love.

    A Conversation with Judith Ryan Hendricks 2010

  • The problem is that it requires a tactical shift with two-pronged damage potential: legitimizing the new players and devaluing your equity, built up over many years with many dollars.

    How Toyota Is Defending Prius With Packaged Goods Tactics 2011

  • Gadhafi's forces, deployed some 100 miles south of Benghazi on Friday afternoon, launched a rapid two-pronged armor assault from the south and the west overnight, outflanking rebel defenses.

    Gadhafi Forces Enter Benghazi, Shell Rebel Capital Yaroslav Trofimov 2011

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