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Word: grazes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...spirit And with a twist around the saddle horn Drop it to earth, and on its sprawling hide Burn the clear new-world brand that unto men Shall be a witness of our heritage Wherever that great untamable beast shall toss The stars of heaven on its horns and graze Across the grassy ranges of the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Strong Song | 8/13/1934 | See Source »

...smile that a worried fighter puts on when he is trying to look as if he is biding his time. Then Hamas opened a deep cut over Schmeling's left eye. Desperation made Schmeling time his punches better in the eleventh but the best he could do was graze Hamas' chin with three more short painful rights. After the twelfth round, the referee shouted, "The winner-Steve Hamas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hamas v. Schmeling | 2/26/1934 | See Source »

...their State. The great King Ranch, four-fifths the size of Delaware, is the prize at stake. It is the largest ranch in Texas, the largest in the U. S., and, so far as can be definitely learned, the largest in the world. On its 1,250,000 acres graze 125,000 cattle which, at proper seasons, are rounded up or tick-dipped or dehorned or castrated or branded by some 300 highly skilled Mexican cowboys. These acres have been valued at $8,750,000, the cattle at 85,590,000, the horses at $250,000. the artesian wells...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Texas Rumble | 12/4/1933 | See Source »

...fellow whose main function is to be the queen's husband. They cohabit for life, which may last ten years. Their offspring feed them and each other with food either regurgitated or exuded through the skin. Some species sprout an edible fungus garden in which the young may graze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Termites | 5/29/1933 | See Source »

...teach his lips to graze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Merry Mount in Michigan | 5/29/1933 | See Source »

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