Yet Mr Kohl, whose party also seems to have winked at tax dodges, is a thorough-going northerner.

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After all, he could have halted the hazing with a winked reminder about the consequences of being naughty, not nice.

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She winked at the young composer who was standing in the wings.

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We had nearly finished the main course and they both winked at each other and then they started to have this terrible row across the table.

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The man winked at Erick as if they were buddies.

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Mr Bush has called for a moratorium on the sale of uranium technologies to countries without them, but he has winked at Brazil's decision to build a uranium-enrichment plant.

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As access to basic utilities winked and sputtered out, the need for vital news, information and simple fellowship kept residents of our Sandy ravaged Eastern seaboard glued to their Smartphones.

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Knox recounts in her diary early on that a male prison guard winked at her when she got letters from men, often brought up her sexuality and gave her the impression he was making a pass at her.

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Ray had grinned at her, winked.

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Evert, wearing a turquoise top and white pants, sat in a chair in the kitchen facing Navratilova, who was in black pants and a purple sweater open at the neck, where a gold necklace, on loan from Storm, winked in the lights.

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Lang shrugged and winked.

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