Sentences with phrase «jackrabbits in»

[8] In his book Two Years Before the Mast, Richard Henry Dana, Jr. describes how sailors in the 1830s camped on the beach at La Playa, accumulated cattle hides for export, and hunted for wood and jackrabbits in the hills of Point Loma.

His larger roles include the nominal villain in Ken Maynard's Red Raiders (1928), Billy Jackrabbit in the 1930 version of Girl of the Golden West (1930) and Geronimo in Son of Geronimo.

As the stoic stranger Silas (Fassbender) describes in voiceover, young Jay is «a jackrabbit in a den of wolves,» willing to pay Silas to serve as chaperone while oblivious to the fact that his new protector falls among those looking to collect the bounty on Rose's head for crimes committed back home.

It's a chance encounter with Silas (Michael Fassbender) that gives him any hope of survival at all; Silas is, as Jay puts it, a brute, but Jay is, as Silas puts it, a «jackrabbit in a den of wolves.»

Not exact matches

The 545 - horsepower twin - turbo engine is fast in the GT - R, but the new suspension keeps you firmly planted even during jackrabbit starts.

In south Texas, jackrabbits are a problem and must be fenced out of pepper fields.

South Dakota State is ranked 33th nationally in offensive efficiency per Kenpom, so the Jackrabbits aren't just good for a mid-major, they're good period.

The Jackrabbits are the favorites in the Summit League and will have the benefit of playing the conference tournament in Sioux Falls where the program has won four of the last six tournaments.

The Jackrabbits have made the NCAA tournament every season he's been in school.

Our known quantities (Jackrabbit, Collins, DRC, Vernon, JPP, Snacks, Tomlinson) should be put in positions to use their strengths next season.

Milt still remembers Bob chuffing through four - mile cross-country runs among the tumbleweed and jackrabbits while Frank trailed behind him in the family car.

Another reason the 2002 tilt between the Spartans and Jackrabbits isn't as high on this list is because both teams had to survive earlier tests in a major doubleheader in Hawaii.

Born in Hawaii, McIntosh began keeping stats on local high school games after he moved to Long Beach and began following the Jackrabbits.

The Huskies lost just four games in the Pac - 12, but a bad loss to the South Dakota St. Jackrabbits and a 25 - point drubbing courtesy of the Oregon Ducks eliminated them from the big tournament.

In the three hours since opening, the line has soared towards the Jackrabbits (that's South Dakota State) so drastically, they are currently a 1 - point favorite.

This was the year when the Pacers faced CIF Southern Section Pac - 5 Division champion Long Beach Poly (ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation) and beat the Jackrabbits 25 - 20 for the first CIF Open Division state title.

Trailing 20 - 14 with just 3:40 remaining in the game, Partridge grinded out 56 of the 77 yards Granite Bay needed, including a key 33 - yard screen pass to the Jackrabbits» 27 - yard line.

The Jackrabbits could still inch up higher than Folsom in the early rankings if there's a key transfer or two that show up in the early weeks of practice.

In a game drawing a massive handle, public bettors are all over the underdog South Dakota State Jackrabbits.

Researchers, though, had never spotted badgers burying anything bigger than a jackrabbit — until 2016, when a young, dead cow went missing in a study of scavengers in northwestern Utah.

Juniper thickets not only reduce the number of jackrabbits and cottontails for eagles to capture, but also makes it difficult to capture the ones that are there by allowing the rabbits to hide in the thickets.

Eagles win because it provides a habitat for jackrabbits and cottontails, and it provides it in such a way that the landscape is more effective for foraging.»

Hello loves, As part of my two part series of where to stay, shop and eat in Portland, this week I will be talking about Jackrabbit PDX situated in the lobby of The Duniway, A Hilton Hotel.

Hunky Dory has some pleasant things in it, but unfortunately, the funereal pace makes a snail look like a jackrabbit.

Even so, Cameron Diaz, whose sleek, ostentatious attire and spotted tattoos evoke the same dangerous beauty of the pet cheetahs, with Malkina's desire to chase and devour dumber, slower people like little jackrabbits, plays the role in too obvious, conniving a way to ever see her as much more than an underhanded «Medea» from the get go.

It's likely a strategic engine - mapping decision (more than turbo lag) in order to avoid jackrabbit starts, especially when towing.

Other forms include frog, bumblebee, splinter, mosquito, jackrabbit and, of course, grasshopper which can be found in The Democratic Review in 1851: «You pretend to be my daddies; some of you who are not knee - high to a grasshopper!

In Western states, Borzoi are sometimes used in open field coursing to hunt jackrabbit, and some farmers use them against coyotes to protect their livestocIn Western states, Borzoi are sometimes used in open field coursing to hunt jackrabbit, and some farmers use them against coyotes to protect their livestocin open field coursing to hunt jackrabbit, and some farmers use them against coyotes to protect their livestock.

They found a wild jackrabbit being kept in a small dog crate.

Lizards warm themselves on gigantic granite boulders, Jackrabbits and deer make their homes amid the desert landscape, towering saguaro cacti reach for the sky, and the sun's rays encourage wildflowers to bloom in vivid shades of magenta, gold and lavender.

While in flight, commonly seen are jackrabbit, quail, roadrunner and coyote, and from time to time encounter deer, javalina and other desert animals.

Jazz Jackrabbit (1994): In retrospect, the PC's answer to Sonic wasn't the knock - out blow many hoped.

He worked with veteran Dutch coder Arjan Brussee, a man with credits in the Killzone and Battlefield series, to design Jazz Jackrabbit 2, a light - hearted 2D side scrolling platformer about stopping an evil turtle who stole a wedding ring.

Many «Sonic clones» in the past contained gameplay mechanics that were far closer, including Bubsy, Jazz Jackrabbit, and more recently the Rayman: Raving Rabbids mobile game.

In Monk's Rew - Shay Hood Project IX, Ruscha's intentionally banal 1962 image of a Texaco station in Jackrabbit, Arizona, is transformed, newly presented onto the hood of a 1970 Datsun 240z as a dynamic, graphic airbrush paintinIn Monk's Rew - Shay Hood Project IX, Ruscha's intentionally banal 1962 image of a Texaco station in Jackrabbit, Arizona, is transformed, newly presented onto the hood of a 1970 Datsun 240z as a dynamic, graphic airbrush paintinin Jackrabbit, Arizona, is transformed, newly presented onto the hood of a 1970 Datsun 240z as a dynamic, graphic airbrush painting.

Artist Statement «The antelope jackrabbit is the largest rabbit in the western hemisphere.»

The white - tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii), also known as the prairie hare or simply, white jack, was photographed in Calgary's Queen's Park Cemetery by regular contributor Tony LePrieur.

I am passionate about protecting endangered animals and have recently joined a volunteer initiative to study and protect endangered animals in Arizona like the ocelot, pronghorn, and white - sided Jackrabbit.