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was baying
noun
A berry.
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"The population was baying for his blood".
The opposition was baying for his resignation.A week later and his adversaries are on the defensive.
When Mr Ocalan, who is blamed by the Turkish authorities for the deaths of 30,000 people, was captured by Turkish special agents in Kenya last February, a delighted Turkish public was baying for his blood.
Two themes preoccupied his brief tenure of the post: the ferocious bureaucratic battles that marked the Reagan administration and Haig's obdurate belief that communism was baying at the gates of the US.
The girls were close to the end of the line up and by the time they stepped in to the ring the crowd was baying for a fight.
The tackles flew in – Arsenal had three men booked inside seven minutes as the interval approached – and there was baying and howling for each one of the referee Andre Marriner's decisions.
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Business is baying for action.
The banks were baying at the door.
Back at the gig, the crowd were baying for blood.
Democrats and media hounds are baying under the wrong tree.
Before long, the mob is baying for his blood.
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