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Word: chirped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Republicans are correct, then, when they chirp with their best I Told You So air that McCarthy is a great asset in national politics. That is why we view with alarm...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Whose Victory? | 11/6/1952 | See Source »

Seven hours and 50 minutes later, the first pair of landing lights broke through the wet darkness. One by one the ten Superforts touched down, with a chirp of tires, between the yellow field lights edging the runway. Their report: "Mission accomplished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: The Warning Siren | 5/12/1952 | See Source »

...their combined impact on the economy. There is no master blueprint with which to fit all the pieces together or determine how big a burden the economy can stand. Belatedly, with a new cabalistic word ("programing"), the planners are now trying to draw a blueprint. In every bureau, secretaries chirp: "Sorry, the Administrator is in a programing session...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Needed: A Program | 5/14/1951 | See Source »

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