• Instead, the computer played this very quiet move that constrained all of Kasparov's pieces, sucking the life out of his position like a boa constrictor.

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  • Ever since Britain surrendered the Crown Colony to the PRC in 1997, Beijing has, like a boa constrictor, inexorably tightened its grip on the people of Hong Kong.

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  • During an elaborate purification ceremony before the game, she poured libations of gin, danced with a boa constrictor on the 45-yard line and prayed to every deity from Jesus to Oya.

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  • The specimens were determined to range from tiny lizards such as O. gracilis, to snakes as large as a modern boa constrictor, to meat-eating lizards up to 2m (6ft 6in) long.

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  • Police allege Nazila Sharaf, 35, and Lida Sharaf, 33, wrapped up seven babies between the ages of 7 months and 1 year at their preschool in Livermore too tightly like a "boa constrictor, " impairing their ability to move and breathe comfortably.

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  • FRESNO, Calif. (AP) A 7-foot-long boa constrictor, two ball pythons and a monitor lizard were stolen from a Central California science museum by a man who was caught on camera throwing the reptiles into a plastic trash bag.

    NPR: Thief Makes Off With Reptiles From Calif. Museum

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