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a small, brownish shrew, Cryptotis parva, of grassy regions of the eastern U.S.

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Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

Read another way, she is a horrible mother, an uptight snob, and a bit of a shrew.
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To be fair, this is one of the least-insulting comparisons Watters could have made.
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The Mosel region is arguably the most storied, least-understood wine region in the world.
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He has one of the least-lined faces of anyone I have ever met.
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The New York/New Jersey/Long Island metropolitan region is the fourth-least-equal U.S. metro region, according to one study.
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Saying this, the shrew pointed to a confused form, hidden under a long white veil that trailed on the floor.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman|Eugne Sue
Then, the masked shrew—for so we humans have named this escape from Lilliput—flashed out into the open.
Wild Folk|Samuel Scoville
This flexible muzzle he twisted here and there, sniffing uncertainly, for the shrew has but little sense of smell.
Wild Folk|Samuel Scoville
His head angled into a long whiskered snout, so pointed that from above the shrew looked like a big pen.
Wild Folk|Samuel Scoville
Confident in the fighting ability of his family, he had yet to learn that odds are nothing to a shrew.
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