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Examples
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Grant Ballingham rides Tiger, a quarter horse he describes as the "alpha-male" of the group.
The Seattle Times 2011
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The parenting styles of the film's alpha-male father (Brad Pitt, pitch-perfect in the role) and the hyper-feminine mother (Jessica Chastain) call to mind the old science-religion divide.
Avital Binshtock: The Tree of Life: Your Summer Popcorn Flick It Ain't Avital Binshtock 2011
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"There was this mean, alpha-male werewolf character, who's like the big villain in the final film."
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Known within the bank as its rainmaker, Gulliver, 50, is seen as something of an alpha-male type within HSBC, extremely erudite but having also taken up boxing while studying at Oxford University.
HSBC Replaces An Irreplaceable CEO Parmy Olson 2010
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“And the fact that Alan happened to be talking to me during those moments—provoking your territorial, alpha-male tendencies—would have nothing to do with your inability to be civil?”
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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The parenting styles of the film's alpha-male father (Brad Pitt, pitch-perfect in the role) and the hyper-feminine mother (Jessica Chastain) call to mind the old science-religion divide.
Avital Binshtock: The Tree of Life: Your Summer Popcorn Flick It Ain't Avital Binshtock 2011
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“And the fact that Alan happened to be talking to me during those moments—provoking your territorial, alpha-male tendencies—would have nothing to do with your inability to be civil?”
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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The parenting styles of the film's alpha-male father (Brad Pitt, pitch-perfect in the role) and the hyper-feminine mother (Jessica Chastain) call to mind the old science-religion divide.
Avital Binshtock: The Tree of Life: Your Summer Popcorn Flick It Ain't Avital Binshtock 2011
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Letters from home shows what an average soldier is really like which is not like the alpha-male want to kill everything in sight person that we see on so many movies.
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“And the fact that Alan happened to be talking to me during those moments—provoking your territorial, alpha-male tendencies—would have nothing to do with your inability to be civil?”
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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