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“Pant, honey,” the whey-faced nurse with ferret-like eyes encouraged.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011
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“Pant, honey,” the whey-faced nurse with ferret-like eyes encouraged.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011
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A tip of my hat to Geoff on that front: Due to my ferret-like nature, I am oft distracted by shiny things and wind up “in the middle of” ten books at a time.
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A tip of my hat to Geoff on that front: Due to my ferret-like nature, I am oft distracted by shiny things and wind up “in the middle of” ten books at a time.
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A lean, ferret-like man, furtive and sly-looking, was waiting for us upon the platform.
Sole Music 2010
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The phenomenon was alive and well in the mid-20th century when winner John F. Kennedy's tanned and effortless appearance in televised debates contrasted with that of loser Richard Nixon, who came across as the clawing and ferret-like secretary of the high school audio-visual club.
Eric Dezenhall: Crashing Nowhere: The Salahis' Interminable Exit 2010
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A lean, ferret-like man, furtive and sly-looking, was waiting for us upon the platform.
Sex Dungeon for Sale! Patrick Wensink 2010
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But there was something ferret-like about the way the girl moved that suggested she would slip through a man's hands like an otter drenched in olive oil.
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But there was something ferret-like about the way the girl moved that suggested she would slip through a man's hands like an otter drenched in olive oil.
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If Mendte really does turn out to be the mole -- which would sort of befit his ferret-like appearance -- it could benefit Lane's claim of wrongful termination against KYW and its media masters at CBS.
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