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noun

a twining vine, Muehlenbeckia complexa, of the buckwheat family, native to New Zealand, having wirelike stems and circular leaves.

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And extortion makes a lot more sense before a story hits the news wire, not after.
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As zealots poured in from Arkansas and Mississippi, a wire service reporter got punched in the ribs.
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At that point, a tall, brown-haired man with wire-rimmed glasses came over to me, sat down, and peppered me with questions.
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To Hitchcock, this is not a sweet wire from an old colleague but a condolence letter on the occasion of his own death.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On the day of the AFI dinner, Hitchcock receives a wire from Frank Capra, who is in Palm Springs.
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This has a warm though a thin soil, which must be highly favorable to the Vine to induce so exclusive a devotion to it.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
The Vine is a universal favorite, and rarely out of view; while it often seems to cover half the ground in sight.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
That the weather being calm, he rowed round me several times, observed my windows and wire-lattices that defenced them.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
The Vine appears at intervals, but is not general through this region: Indian Corn is also rare, and appears in small patches.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
The vintage hath mourned, the vine hath languished away, all the merry have sighed.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various