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  • noun Plural form of mauling.

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Examples

  • Instead, I will share with you a photo of something that is even more common in New York City than hawk-maulings, which is graffiti:

    Can I Have Your Autograph? What You're Really Paying For BikeSnobNYC 2010

  • If it was mandatory for everyone to carry bear pepper spray while hiking in bear country, the likelihood of fatal bear maulings would decrease drastically.

    Casey Anderson: Becoming a Skunk Casey Anderson 2011

  • It has taken more than a few grisly maulings to alter our collective paradigm.

    Miles to Go Richard Paul Evans 2011

  • If it was mandatory for everyone to carry bear pepper spray while hiking in bear country, the likelihood of fatal bear maulings would decrease drastically.

    Casey Anderson: Becoming a Skunk Casey Anderson 2011

  • It has taken more than a few grisly maulings to alter our collective paradigm.

    Miles to Go Richard Paul Evans 2011

  • If it was mandatory for everyone to carry bear pepper spray while hiking in bear country, the likelihood of fatal bear maulings would decrease drastically.

    Casey Anderson: Becoming a Skunk Casey Anderson 2011

  • Over the summer, two adult bears were killed by government wildlife agents after the animals attacked and killed humans – the first fatal maulings in decades in the region.

    Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Deaths Near Record Levels AP 2011

  • If it was mandatory for everyone to carry bear pepper spray while hiking in bear country, the likelihood of fatal bear maulings would decrease drastically.

    Casey Anderson: Becoming a Skunk Casey Anderson 2011

  • Over the summer, two adult bears were killed by government wildlife agents after the animals attacked and killed humans – the first fatal maulings in decades in the region.

    Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Deaths Near Record Levels AP 2011

  • The area is populated by elk, deer and bighorn sheep, and bear maulings of river runners are not uncommon.

    Bill Barret Corp. Gets OK To Drill UNDERNEATH Protected Land 2010

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