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Examples
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When Warren Buffett sold long-term Put options on the S&P 500, a bullish trade, "he refused to post any collateral against the positions," according to McDonald, "the banks would just have to take his word, and they did -- except Dimon."
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He turned to Rose and said in French: 'Put your stockings on, Rose, and help Pierre.
Pied Piper Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1942
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But as the compromising capitalist says in "Put Yourself in His Place," when his sturdy young friend – a bachelor – wonders at his giving in to unjust demands, "Marriage makes a mouse of a man."
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Some gamblers duping a country fellow at the game called Put, in a public-house near St Pancras, one of them appealed to an Irishman who was looking on whether he had not three treys in his hand?
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Talk to Action, Palin Put Religious War Advocate On Alaska Suicide Prevention Council
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You are conspicuously a Young Put-Put, which is just something that happens and for which there is no cure but sitting around and aging.
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Put in other words, it means it is improper to ask a potential nominee (nominees in those days were never asked any questions after they were nominated) how he or she will vote.
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MR: And then there was a certain song called "Put A Little Love In Your Heart," which has become a perennial.
Mike Ragogna: Stevie Nicks' "Moonlight (A Vampire's Dream)," Plus Chatting With Tori Amos, Suzanne Vega, Jackie DeShannon and Shelby Lynne Mike Ragogna 2011
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MR: And then there was a certain song called "Put A Little Love In Your Heart," which has become a perennial.
Mike Ragogna: Stevie Nicks' "Moonlight (A Vampire's Dream)," Plus Chatting With Tori Amos, Suzanne Vega, Jackie DeShannon and Shelby Lynne Mike Ragogna 2011
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Put in other words, it means it is improper to ask a potential nominee nominees in those days were never asked any questions after they were nominated how he or she will vote.
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