Definitions
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- noun a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States
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Examples
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John K. Lovejoy, editor of the Virginia City Old Piute, observed somewhat more mildly that Twain had drunk “a sufficient quantity of beer to make him good natured.”
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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The EPA continues to crackdown on manufacturing, which would further cripple the U.S. economy but save the cave-dwelling Piute trout or whatever it is they're trying to save at this point.
David Fiderer: You Know Fox News Is Lying Whenever The Words "Global Warming" Are Uttered David Fiderer 2010
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The EPA continues to crackdown on manufacturing, which would further cripple the U.S. economy but save the cave-dwelling Piute trout or whatever it is they're trying to save at this point.
David Fiderer: You Know Fox News Is Lying Whenever The Words "Global Warming" Are Uttered 2010
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The EPA continues to crackdown on manufacturing, which would further cripple the U.S. economy but save the cave-dwelling Piute trout or whatever it is they're trying to save at this point.
You Know Fox News Is Lying Whenever The Words "Global Warming" Are Uttered 2010
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John K. Lovejoy, editor of the Virginia City Old Piute, observed somewhat more mildly that Twain had drunk “a sufficient quantity of beer to make him good natured.”
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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I interviewed a Piute medicine man from near Reno, Nevada.
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The Google Earth map represents a view of the Piute Fire from the town of Bodfish looking south.
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With headline grabbing fires like the Basin Complex in Big Sur and the Gap Fire in Santa Barbara less "glamorous" fires like the Piute fall off the media radar.
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I would not be surprised to see Tanker 910 diverted from the Basin Complex to the Piute in the next 24 hours.
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The winds shifted mid-day and as you can see by the image and animated loop the smoke columns for the Basin Complex, Indians Fire and the Piute Fire across the Central Valley in Kern County moved approximately 60 degrees in the matter of an hour.
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