Synonyms for in the straw
in the straw

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1. in the straw

   Synonyms:
   confined, lying in, in child-bed, brought to bed

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1. Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown:

   This decision sets a dangerous precedent that straw purchasers like Jamel Danzy are not a danger to society, despite the fact that Jamel Danzy alleged actions directly led to the murder of a Chicago Police Officer and left another in critical condition.

2. Li Ka-shing:

   With this extradition law people thought, Okay, that's the last straw, we have to fight. We have to fight in front of this last frontier.

3. John Lausch:

   We're not seeing truckloads of guns, we're not seeing 100, 200, 300 guns in a crate that are ending up in someone's hands. Typically, what we see from straw purchasing is you know, one or two guns at a time, the ones we're really interested in are, are they putting it to the hands of someone who they believe is going to commit a crime ? Somebody who they know is a gang member. Somebody who has a significant violent criminal history who is likely to use that gun to commit more acts of violence.

4. Matt Schlapp:

   His speech was well-received, but he didn't do that well in the straw poll.

5. John Buchan:

   I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.