rastle
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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Royal Holloway, University of London, faced that very situation after the first research assessment in 1986, which ranked the university's psychology department in last place nationwide, says Kathy Rastle, a cognitive psychologist and the department's director of research.
From Nature
“We try to focus on people we feel have great potential,” says Rastle.
From Nature
“I look forward to the REF as an opportunity to show what we've done, and to move up the ranks,” says Rastle.
From Nature
The vast improvements made by Royal Holloway's psychology department demonstrate how much periodic evaluations can help, says Rastle.
From Nature
Thet trail won't stay open an hour on the high divide, but yer can rastle a couple Ute cayuses through ten feet of snow like a hot bullet goin' through a piece of ham fat, and onct on the other side of the divide it will be an easy trail to Kremling's, at the mouth of the Big Muddy.
From Project Gutenberg
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