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  • Lupin is hardly overtaxing you -- I, Would expect first years to be able to deal with Red Caps and grindylows.

    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Rowling, J. K. 1999

  • Swift then, as your fell Red Caps are heard in the Corridor rummaging and slamming, the two Citoyens light their pipes and begin smoking.

    The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

  • The detachment of Red Caps had been sent north of Basra on 24 June 2003, barely two months after George Bush had declared a formal end to hostilities, to liaise with Iraqi police officers.

    The Guardian World News Owen Bowcott 2010

  • Six of the suspects later walked free and there are a number of outstanding arrest warrants, but the families of the six Red Caps have cautiously welcomed the start of the trial.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • Six of the suspects later walked free and there are a number of outstanding arrest warrants, but the families of the six Red Caps have cautiously welcomed the start of the trial.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • Six of the suspects later walked free and there are a number of outstanding arrest warrants, but the families of the six Red Caps have cautiously welcomed the start of the trial.

    Evening Standard - Home 2010

  • Six of the suspects later walked free and there are a number of outstanding arrest warrants, but the families of the six Red Caps have cautiously welcomed the start of the trial.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • Regarding a public enquiry, we should also not forget all the other dodgy things that have been reported in the past such as the original dossier, the suicide of Dr David Kelly and the way the MOD lacked any duty of care, the murder of the 6 Red Caps and the campaign by Reg Keys whose son died, all these things and many more are pretty devistating but it is the support of the media that keeps this lot in office.

    Reaping the whirlwind: Iraq and terrorism Rachel 2006

  • Their second to last exam, on Thursday morning, was Defense Against the Dark Arts. Professor Lupin had compiled the most unusual exam any of them had ever taken; a sort of obstacle course outside in the sun, where they had to wade across a deep paddling pool containing a grindylow, cross a series of potholes full of Red Caps, squish their way across a patch of marsh while ignoring misleading directions from a hinkypunk, then climb into an old trunk and battle with a new boggart.

    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Rowling, J. K. 1999

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