Hawks

Word HAWKS
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What do we mean by hawks?

A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.

Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon

An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.

An uncooperative or purely-selfish participant in an exchange or game, especially when untrusting, acquisitive or treacherous. Refers specifically to the Prisoner's Dilemma, alias the Hawk-Dove game.

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The word "hawks" in example sentences

But if it were known to all that I know to have benn performed of late in Essex, where a minister taking a benefice (of less than twenty pounds in the Queen’s books so far as I remember) was enforced to pay to his patron twenty quarters of oats, ten quarters of wheat, and sixteen yearly of barley (which he called hawks’ meat), and another let the like in farm to his patron for ten pounds by the year which is well worth forty at the least, the cause of our threadbare gowns would easily appear: for such patrons do scrape the wool from our cloaks. ❋ Unknown (1909)

OurFiscalSecurity, as a counterweight to the power of the deficit hawks, is sorely needed. ❋ Robert Kuttner (2010)

Since iguanas are preyed upon by hawks, their fear of hawks is exploited by blowing a hawk's whistle which makes the iguana freeze and become easier to capture in the wild. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The description of White Fang's initial experiences as a cub are elementary adventures in their quality, despite Maxwell Geismar's claim that the tone of the battles with the ptarmigan chicks and the hawks is “lyrical.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

Both men are known as "hawks" within the Fed, meaning they are sometimes reluctant to take new steps to bolster markets or the economy, in part out of fear of igniting inflation. ❋ Jon Hilsenrath (2011)

New York knowing about hawks is a stretch of the imagination too far for anyone to make. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Beside any blog that has stories about dachshund puppies being saved from hawks, is making a huge contribution to the blogosphere! ❋ Unknown (2006)

The physical cowardise of these hawks is a whole other question. ❋ Unknown (2006)

But one place you can get an introduction to hunting with hawks is at the American branch of the British School of Falconry, located at the Equinox Resort in Manchester Village, Vermont. ❋ Unknown (2006)

They are called hawks because they tend to worry first about inflation. ❋ KEVIN CARMICHAEL (2011)

Albright herself now admits that she was wrong, for example, to oppose the gulf war, though many "hawks" -- including Sam Nunn -- took the same position. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In Congress, GSE "hawks"--notably Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) and Sen. John Sununu (R-N.H.)--have pushed for reform legislation to toughen oversight, among other things. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Plosser and Fisher have reputations as inflation "hawks" - more concerned about the threat of high prices than about the need to stimulate the economy. ❋ Unknown (2011)

So-called hawks such as Iran and Venezuela have long said they wanted $100 a barrel or more and have resisted any production increase that could have damped prices. ❋ Benoit Faucon (2011)

The other, called the hawks, worries that such moves could trigger high inflation or other unintended consequences. ❋ Jon Hilsenrath (2011)

The loudest of the hawks are the least likely to send their sons or daughters off to Iraq . ❋ JERRY DOYLE (2010)

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