This Orc Running Is One That Cant Fly Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	noun • a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand) • fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird
	34%	7		Fly family including the face fly and horn fly
	noun • Any fly of the family Muscidae of insects.
	31%	7		a method used in peavey and cant hook operations to move logs
	verb • work toward the passage of some legislation by exchanging political favors such as trading votes

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