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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He seems to have dropped down the Hollywood pecking order .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Beneath that principled veneer students were hammering out the usual adolescent pecking order .
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But normally the pecking order works out by itself.
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Even many six-year-olds already know that there is a reader pecking order in their classrooms.
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Horses with the highest self-esteem are likely to be found at the top of their pecking order .
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Males compete with one another for places in a pecking order .
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Occasionally a foal thinks we are pretty low in the pecking order and decides to kick us.
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Patients are at the bottom of the pecking order and have very little say in the running of services.