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force-feed

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force-feed
Engineering a method of lubrication in which a pump forces oil into the bearings of an engine, etc.


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Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard As far as Ted Keizer knows, no Oregon businesses force-feed geese or ducks to fatten their livers for use in the delicacy known as pate de fois gras.
Bill may ban force-feeding ducks, geese to make pate by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Byline: - Gerry Gittelson Classic rock bands often have an annoying tendency to force-feed new material during live concerts - even if a new CD isn't readily available.
FOREIGNER FEELS LIKE DEJA VU by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
During that time the hospital say they have monitored his medical condition, but doctors at the special hospital and external clinicians decided the risks involved were becoming too great and started to force-feed him yesterday.
Ian Brady forced fed by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
 
 
 
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