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Examples
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I am hoping this is the last winter-weary whitetail picture I see for the year.
Adios, Winter? 2009
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The storm was expected to roll into the Northeast on Wednesday, bringing still more snow to a winter-weary region.
Colossal Storm Roars Through Nation's Heartland, Warnings From Texas To Maine AP 2011
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I looked into the faces of the winter-weary with curiosity.
Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011
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I looked into the faces of the winter-weary with curiosity.
Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011
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But the winter-weary solution exists within ourselves.
Donna Henes: Sunny Suggestions For Coping With S.A.D.-ness Donna Henes 2011
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In the Midwest, winter-weary Americans are bracing for a potentially "historic blizzard" that could dump up to 2 feet of snow and an inch of ice as it howls across the country.
Looking ahead: Huge rallies in Egypt, huge storm in Midwest 2011
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I looked into the faces of the winter-weary with curiosity.
Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011
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The world's most famous rodent prognosticator, Punxsutawney Phil, arose today, and his handlers revealed he had not seen his shadow - meaning an early spring for the winter-weary, the Associated Press reports.
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Another nor'easter is coming tomorrow, threatening to dump more snow on a winter-weary swath of the Northeast.
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I looked into the faces of the winter-weary with curiosity.
Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011
qroqqa commented on the word winter-weary
Stoughton, an earlier Dr Munyon or Father John, made and marketed an elixir of wormwood, germander, rhubarb, orange peel, cascarilla, and aloes. It was used to flavour alcoholic beverages and as a strong tonic for winter-weary folk.
—James Thurber, 1952, 'Daguerreotype of a Lady', in The Thurber Album
(It came in a Stoughton bottle.)
July 10, 2008