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Guy said his father would generally get rid of animals that were "snappy or nasty" and that the cows in the field had "always acted in a docile manner".

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An inexperienced attack, the most docile pitch, sun burning hot enough to make statues sweat and a Pakistan captain determined to make up for 10 consecutive winless home matches.

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Without Root, England would have been in severe trouble, having surprisingly been inserted by Sri Lanka on a docile pitch under blue sky and sunshine.

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Their misogynist ideology cannot allow that it's attractive when a woman has a personality and isn't just a docile helpmeet.

From Salon

“We — the humans — have put evolutionary pressure on bees to stay docile,” Henderson said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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