as in short
having relatively little height
he was an unpleasant, sawed-off man who seemed to believe that aggressiveness could make up for his perceived deficiency
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While a majority of shelter animals only stay a short while, this pup is different: He’s been a shelter resident for three years.—
TJ Macias,
Miami Herald,
16 Jan. 2025 -
And brother Trey Ebel is playing second base while waiting to take over at short next season.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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The John McDonough creation, which has ignited a slew of copycats since the inaugural fan fest in 1986, is a marketing tool like no other, changing little over the years.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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His production was especially encouraging given how little UCLA has gotten from its two big men, prompting Cronin to play him a season-high 27 minutes.—
Ben Bolch,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Those smaller fires, like the Woodley and Lidia fires, have been contained as of Monday, and 89% of the moderately sized Hurst Fire is also under control, Cal Fire said.—
Sarah Lynch Baldwin,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2025
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Billionaire and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos created Blue Origin back in 2000, but has to date only launched the smaller suborbital New Shepard rockets from its facilities in West Texas.—
RICHARD TRIBOU ORLANDO SENTINEL (TNS),
arkansasonline.com,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Sawed-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sawed-off. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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