amia
Americannoun
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a genus of fish, of which two species of bowfin are the only living members.
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the Atlantic bonito, a kind of fish.
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By the time Kirchner announced the agreement about the amia case, Nisman’s obsession with Iran had expanded beyond Argentina.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 20, 2015
To make the deal acceptable to the public, Nisman said, Kirchner and Timerman planned to come up with a “new theory” of who committed the amia bombing.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 20, 2015
Mesbahi suggested that Menem’s clandestine relationship with Iran continued through the amia bombing.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 20, 2015
Following months of clandestine negotiations, she struck a deal with the Iranian government that would, she said, finally break the deadlock over the amia case.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 20, 2015
There was a widow'd amia too, a noble And dainty fish.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
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