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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A single bug may catch ten or more termites in succession in this way.
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Insects appeared about half a billion years ago, but stayed solitary until termites turned up three hundred million years later.
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On the contrary, they and indeed most other termites certainly have.
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One animal, however, has acquired the ability to fish termites out of their nests very much more swiftly.
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Other hive worlds are poisoned wildernesses punctuated by rearing plasteel termite mounds, vertical cities that punch through the clouds.
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The termite inspector can point out some problem areas.
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This is not to say that these termites have no perception of the earth's magnetic field.