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Then at Hod's order came phalanxes of Phantoms, Skyhawks, Mirages, Mysteres and Ouragans, of Sikorsky helicopters and Noratlas, Dakota and Stratocruiser transports, and even of gnatlike Cessnas.

From Time Magazine Archive

The smallness seemed to gather and focus the room, stretching the distance between your eye and the sculpture, while giving the dumb-looking thing an irksome, gnatlike insistence.

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A small training plane, gnatlike by comparison, flew alongside it.

From Time Magazine Archive

In sticking by the tough decisions, he has emerged as a leader among leaders and as a giant amongst the gnatlike swarms of his critics in the past year.

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She batted the gnatlike sound away from her ear.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee