TAKE A HIKE
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$200
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Beware the big drop on Bright Angel Trail, a feature of this perennial Arizona attraction's South Rim
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the Grand Canyon
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$400
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You'll see some familiar faces on the Presidential Trail, which loops past this mount
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Mount Rushmore
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$600
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Here the Great Smoky Mountains live up to their name as a hiker navigates the Charlies Bunion Hike on this famed trail
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the Appalachian Trail
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$800
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Become a 46er by hiking Whiteface, Haystack & 44 other peaks in this range of Upstate New York
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the Adirondacks
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$1000
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If you want to hike Halemau'u Trail with all its wonder, you'll have to head to this second-largest of the Hawaiian islands
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Maui
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CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
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$200
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In a book by Beverly Cleary, Socks is this pet, suddenly having to share the house with a new baby
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a cat
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$400
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A tiny one of these dinosaurs has a big problem: an impossible hug, because of his short arms!
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a Tyrannosaurus
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$600
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This bedtime classic is set in "the great green room"
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Goodnight Moon
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$800
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"One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and--pop!--out of the egg came" this title larva
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the very hungry caterpillar
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$1000
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She wrote about & illustrated a frog named Mr. Jeremy Fisher & a hedgehog named Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
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Beatrix Potter
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3-NAMED MARYS
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$200
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This TV legend leaped from "The Dick Van Dyke Show" to her own title sitcom
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Mary Tyler Moore
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$400
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This actress was half of the team that portrayed Michelle Tanner on "Full House"
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Mary Olsen (Mary-Kate Olsen)
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$600
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On "24", Mary Lynn Rajskub was the very efficient Chloe O'Brian, helping this Kiefer Sutherland character
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Jack Bauer
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$800
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In 2019 this "Weeds" actress returned to Broadway in Adam Rapp's "The Sound Inside"
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Mary-Louise Parker
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$1000
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This actress battled John Goodman and scary creatures in "10 Cloverfield Lane"
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead
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LAW
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$200
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Spoken defamation of another is slander; this is written defamation
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libel
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$400
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Facing the judge in a courtroom, the plaintiff is generally on the right & this counterpart on the left
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a defendant
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$600
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It means permission, like to search a dwelling; the third amendment speaks of this "of the owner" of a house
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consent
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$800
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The role of colleges in relation to students from the mid-1800s to the 1960s was in loco parentis, Latin for this
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in lieu of parents
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$1000
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A lawyer who represents a soldier is called a "judge" this, another term for a lawyer
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an advocate
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ANATOMICAL IDIOMS
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$200
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Madly in love: "head over ___"
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heels
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$400
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Ironically: "___ in cheek"
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tongue
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$600
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Laugh uncontrollably: "bust a ___"
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a gut
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$800
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Inseparable or "joined at the ___"
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the hip
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$1000
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To be personally vested: "have ___ in the game"
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skin
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THE SANDWICH GENERATION
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$200
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Hey, youse guys! U.S. News raved about this sandwich from John's Roast Pork in Philadelphia
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a cheesesteak
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$400
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This corned beef & Swiss sandwich bearing a man's name can be served cold or grilled
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Reuben
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$600
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Down in Miami try this nationality named grilled sandwich with ham, pork, cheese & pickles
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a Cuban
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$800
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Sliced meat, torpedo sandwich rolls (split) & cans of beef consomme are keys in a "French" this
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dip
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$1000
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Arby's says it put this sandwich filling on the map
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roast beef
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HISTORICAL FACTS
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$800
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Here's the extent of this landmark the Ming Dynasty began paying for in the late 1300s; it held off minor attacks, but major ones were problematic
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the Great Wall of China
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$1200
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He asked for 20,000 pounds to betray his country in 1780 & said that was a bargain price
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Benedict Arnold
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$1600
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Dating from around 800 A.D., Colombia's Ciudad Perdida means this
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lost city
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$2000
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During the Gladiator or Third Servile War in the 70s B.C., this rebel & his forces gained control over most of southern Italy
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Spartacus
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MUSIC VENUES
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$400
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This home of the Rockettes is known as the "Showplace of the Nation"
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Radio City Music Hall
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$800
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A frieze called "The Triumph of Arts & Letters" adorns this Royal London venue
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the Royal Albert Hall
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$1200
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Here's the geological beauty that makes up this outdoor venue in Colorado
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Red Rocks
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$1600
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Early in his career, Elton John performed at this legendary L.A. club whose name is a synonym for a lyric poet
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The Troubadour
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$2000
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This cafe in a Nashville strip mall is famous for hosting an open mic night on Mondays
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the Bluebird Café
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PEOPLES
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$400
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Sharwa is a more accurate pronunciation as well as another name for this Himalayan people
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Sherpa
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$800
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Descendants of these Dutch settlers of the Transvaal are often called Afrikaners
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the Boer
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$1200
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Geronimo was a leader of these Native American people
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the Chiricahua Apache
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$1600
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Northern Norway, Sweden & Finland are home to these people also known as the Sami
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the Lapp
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$2000
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The governments of Kenya & Tanzania are trying to persuade these nomadic people to make permanent settlements
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the Masai
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THE SCIENTIST'S HAIKU
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$400
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Worked for Edison / His ac lit world expo / Ahead of his time
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Tesla
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$800
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Brit biologist / Not Holmes but still Watson's pal / A twisted ladder
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(Francis) Crick
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$1200
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Gazing into space / Ev'ry 76 years / His object flies by
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(Edmond) Halley
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$1600
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Planning planet moves / 3 laws--first is elliptic / German gravity
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Kepler
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$2000
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An Irish chemist / 1600s gas law man / An improved air pump!
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(Robert) Boyle
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21st CENTURY BLACK & WHITE MOVIES
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$400
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In 2019 Alfonso Cuarón won an Oscar for the black & white cinematography of this film about Mexico in the 1970s
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Roma
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$800
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This 2011 Best Picture winner isn't completely silent, but it is a black & white movie
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The Artist
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$1200
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This Bruce Dern movie named for a Plains state was in B&W in the theaters but was shown in color on cable
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Nebraska
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$1600
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This spooky director filmed his stop-motion animation film "Frankenweenie" in black & white to emulate classic monster movies
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Tim Burton
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$2000
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As keepers of the title beacon, Robert Pattinson & Willem Dafoe really let the isolation get to them in this 2019 film
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The Lighthouse
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AFTER EFFECT
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$400
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To expel, like an ump sometimes does to an MLB manager
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eject
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$800
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The pile of assets that allows a college to keep operating
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endowment
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$1200
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The belief in the equality of all people
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egalitarian (equalitarian)
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$1600
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It means vivacious or giving off bubbles
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effervescent
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$2000
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9-letter description of a flagrantly offensive error or omission
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egregious
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FOREIGN WORDS IN ENGLISH
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N/A
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The first use of this Spanish term in English was by Wellington referring to partisans in the Peninsular Wars
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guerrillas
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