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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
dragoon .
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Subsequently both plans were renamed, the latter becoming Operation Overlord, the former becoming Operation Dragoon; a name supposedly picked by Winston Churchill, who was opposed to the plan, and claimed to having been "dragooned" into accepting it.
October 2005 2005
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Subsequently both plans were renamed, the latter becoming Operation Overlord, the former becoming Operation Dragoon; a name supposedly picked by Winston Churchill, who was opposed to the plan, and claimed to having been "dragooned" into accepting it.
Cool Picture 2005
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President Mbeki said in an interview earlier this month Pretoria would not dictate policy to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, nor would it be "dragooned" into overthrowing his government.
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Poitou, already "dragooned" in 1681 by the intendant Marillac, had just been so well labored with by
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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The State had been, as he phrased it, "dragooned" out of the Union; and President Lincoln was perfectly justified in calling for troops after the seizure of the forts and arsenals.
Admiral Farragut 1877
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Remembering how Calvin himself "dragooned" Geneva, let us be thankful for the fortune which, in one of the most critical periods of history, raised to the highest position in Christendom a man who was something more than a sectarian.
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Remembering how Calvin himself "dragooned" Geneva, let us be thankful for the fortune which, in one of the most critical periods of history, raised to the highest position in Christendom a man who was something more than a sectarian.
The Unseen World and Other Essays John Fiske 1871
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There is some muttering about being 'dragooned', but I do not take insubordination from the lower ranks.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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Towards 1pm I'm dragooned into an extra bit of programming, a Quick-Draw event, due to Matt Feazell having to leave for a family emergency.
Kids Read Comics Report (with preamble) Roger Langridge 2010
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Towards 1pm I'm dragooned into an extra bit of programming, a Quick-Draw event, due to Matt Feazell having to leave for a family emergency.
Archive 2010-06-01 Roger Langridge 2010
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