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(redirected from a warning shot across the bows)

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A HUGE police operation fired a warning shot across the bows of travelling rural criminals.
Cross-border criminals are targeted in operation by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Byline: By Antony Hopker CASSIDY Coventry Blaze fired a warning shot across the bows of the league leaders Belfast Giants when they derailed them in their own building.
Giant killers Blaze close in on the top; ICE HOCKEY: Leaders Belfast ... by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
By removing McGuiness, Smith has fired a warning shot across the bows of Ferguson who counted the medic among his closest friends at the club.
Football: OUT Gers sack Doc after he calls for champers to celebrate ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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