See buzzsaw on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1983, TVI Journal - Volume 4, page 15:",
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"ref": "1994, Jimmy Johnson, Ed Hinton, Turning the Thing Around: My Life in Football, page 24:",
"text": "Landry's martyrdom was automatic and mostly unavoidable -- although Jerry, bless his heart, went into his initial press conference at Valley Ranch and walked right into his second media buzzsaw.",
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