• Larke told the court that she felt that she had been "brainwashed" by Collins - a phrase that Craven says is extremely common in cases of abuse.

    BBC: Justin Lee Collins: Trial highlights 'invisible' abuse

  • Government and private enterprise alike will have to confront this new dilemma before the long-heralded "war on cancer"--a phrase first proffered by President Nixon in 1971--can embark on a new phase of breakthroughs.

    FORBES: Conquering Cancer

  • Too many changes have happened to society and the world we live in for a 50-year-old to be able to relate to a 15-year-old and the stock put-down phrase adopted by all kids "you wouldn't understand" is perfectly appropriate - though very unwelcome at any age.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | Scotland | Parents in their 20s? No kidding!

  • And the fact of that visibility allows us to believe that we will -- we can make assessments about moves by the Iranians towards breakout capacity -- the phrase that people use in terms of pursuit of a nuclear weapon.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • The concept of vertical farming is not new - the phrase was first coined by Gilbert Ellis Bailey in 1915 as pressure increased on already limited farmland - and involves growing produce either in a skyscraper greenhouse, or in this case, a tower.

    BBC: The technology that's transforming gardening

  • Scientists are still hedging their bets by using the phrase "Higgs-like" in their press material, but when the chances of observing the same experimental results sans God Particle are one in 550 million, we'd say it's pretty safe to drop the pretense.

    ENGADGET: Alt-week 8.4.12: buckyballs, bosons and bodily fluids Alt

  • The reference is catch-all phrase commonly employed by the Occupy movement in describing America's wealthy, particularly those atop the financial services industry, suggesting they hold disproportionate influence over the rest of the country.

    CNN: 5 arrested in alleged plot to blow up Cleveland-area bridge

  • While the NBC series was based on a non-fiction book by Buzz Bissinger, the phrase was the creation of Berg, who adapted the book first as a movie and later as a show.

    FORBES: Is Romney Campaign Infringing 'Friday Night Lights' Creator's Trademark?

  • The phrase was first used by Mee - a celebrated writer and journalist best known for his 1908 Children's Encyclopaedia - in The King's England, a 1930s series of books offering a guide to each of England's counties.

    BBC: Magazine

  • As in so many cases before the court, the Justices were charged with interpreting a single, vague phrase in a law passed by Congress years ago--not whether the law itself is legal.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The phrase "enlightened self-interest" has been used repeatedly by administration officials this week in describing the role of business.

    CNN: Administration's next challenge: Making 'digital divide' initiative stick

  • This was not a triumph for the formal bill scrutiny process - where the imperative was, in the decorative whips phrase repeated by Tory GP turned MP Sarah Wollaston, to "repel borders" rather than to polish up the legislation.

    BBC: NHS reform rethink - a triumph for Parliament?

  • Labour leader Ed Miliband, whose phrase "squeezed middle" - referring to those hit hardest by falling living standards - was word of the year in 2011, made the first recorded use of omnishambles in the House of Commons in April.

    BBC: UK Politics

  • But off-camera, everything he does is, to coin a phrase, driven by Ford.

    ECONOMIST: The prince and the pauper | The

  • Long before financial traders adopted the term, futures traders used the phrase "Texas hedge" to denote a doubling-down of bets by cattlemen trading futures.

    FORBES: Focus

  • The phrase "deviant group" is often used by authorities in Saudi Arabia to describe al-Qaeda members.

    BBC: Map showing UAE and Saudi Arabia

  • Mr. MYERS: The slang boogie-woogie most likely evolved from booger rooger(ph), a phrase first coined by Texas blues Blind Lemon Jefferson.

    NPR: Boogie-Woogie Flu Sufferers, Unite

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