Wild Weasel
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In the first episode, the team encounters a wild weasel in an attic and a dozen ostriches.
From Washington Post
After a couple of months, his fate appeared sealed again - this time as live bait to attract a wild weasel that had been attacking birds at the zoo.
From BBC
Scattered stars winked overhead, the only other light the white-hot glow from the exhausts of the F-15 fighters escorting Walton and the other Wild Weasel pilots.
From US News
George Walton, known as "John Boy," commands the 561st Tactical Fighter Squadron, and he recalls the rush as he guided his F-4G Wild Weasel over the serried ranks of antiaircraft batteries around the Iraqi capital.
From US News
“I wonder if The Baron, that’s the wild weasel who lives behind the big boulder to the north of my tree, is also denned up. Well, anyway, I think the storm is dying down because the tree is not crying so much. When the wind really blows, the whole tree moans right down to the roots, which is where I am. “
From Literature
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