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The fifth banned person is Imran Ahmed, whose Center for Countering Digital Hate has crowed about its role in passing the Online Safety Act and has advised the U.K.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
In tweets and interviews, he has crowed that he beat Clinton “easily.”
From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2016
His trainer, Dale Romans, has crowed that Dullahan is the “horse to beat.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2012
Spurrier has crowed often of last year’s milestone of beating Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama and Florida all in the same season — and all with Garcia as starter.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2011
The hill-tops gleam in Morning's spring, The skylark shakes his dappled wing, The day-glimpse glimmers on the lawn,— The cock has crowed, and the fays are gone.
From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various
