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the nod Boxing informal the award of a contest to a competitor on the basis of points scored
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On physical examination, horizontal nystagmus, head nodding and torticollis were observed.
During the census, VHTs asked the head of household whether anyone in that household has or ever had head nodding; 3,541 persons with reported head nodding were identified.
Many times, as you watch your electronics in order to see how the fish is reacting, it helps to do the nodding cadence as you gradually lift the lure, taking it slowly away from the fish if it isn't responding.
On the night of January 21 Miss Nodding and Marie Stoker, her children's grandmother, had visited the Quoit Club in Guisborough and Redcar's Aruba Nightclub.
"He wants us to churn out press releases, or else he thinks we're not doing our job." There was nodding everywhere.
"She heard," Aunt Ida said, nodding her head in a slow steady beat, like the preacher leaning back and forth to music.
It's all here in a tour de force that will have experienced heads laughing, then nodding in tight-lipped "been there" agreement.
The Nodding Hill Brewery of Philadelphia has joined with the bistro Fork to continue a beer dinner series in which Spanish Tapas meals are paired with beer.
The RAC Report on Motoring 2001 revealed a staggering four million drivers have been nodding off while driving on Britain's roads in the past year.
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