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- noun Plural form of
harrier .
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Examples
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The greater number of what are called harriers now-a-days are dwarf fox-hounds, or partake largely of fox-hound blood.
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The harriers are the four-time defending Slope League (or regional) champs and the drive for five begins Saturday at the Fossil Ridge Invitational, which is also the site of the state meet in October.
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The name buzzard, however, belongs quite as rightfully to the birds called in books "harriers," which form a distinct subfamily of
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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Eagles, northern harriers, goldeneyes and woodpeckers stuck out the winters while the prairie and peregrine falcons, swallows, bluebirds, and a hundred others brought and took the changing seasons with them.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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We saw deer, a golden eagle, two bald eagles, two or three meadowlarks, an assortment of northern harriers.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Eagles, northern harriers, goldeneyes and woodpeckers stuck out the winters while the prairie and peregrine falcons, swallows, bluebirds, and a hundred others brought and took the changing seasons with them.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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We saw deer, a golden eagle, two bald eagles, two or three meadowlarks, an assortment of northern harriers.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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At the RSPB reserve at Titchwell Marsh in Norfolk, springs have dried up and many of the birds, including populations of bearded tits, marsh harriers and reed warblers, are now struggling to find food.
Fears of British super-drought after record low rainfall in winter 2012
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A flock of harriers screams across the sweating sky.
Sing a Song of Saphris Misti Rainwater-Lites 2011
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Well, once they learn how to use alien technology, they meet up with some other cavemen, learn to fly harriers, and kill the alien insurrection in one fell swoop.
Insomniac Movie Theater: Battlefield Earth » Scene-Stealers 2010
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