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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Darkness is stronger and swallows them like minnows.
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Picture a shallow pool with a glassy surface, and in the pool picture minnows fluttering their tail fins but otherwise stationary.
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The brass thought they could calm things down by throwing a few minnows to the sharks.
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The bridge on State Road 46 is another good spot to catch the fish, using minnows.
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The Diadora League minnows could have been three up in the first 20 minutes.
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These jawless proto-fish were mostly quite small, the size of large minnows, and they were heavily armoured.
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They appeared to have one law for the big boys and another for the minnows.