A SWAT team burst in, pointing their guns at her. (Brickbats).

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. A SWAT team burst in, pointing their guns at her. Raising her arms, she told them they had the wrong house. One cop simply snarled snarl¹
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v.tr. , "That's what they all say." But after checking the house out, the cops found they had indeed got the wrong one, something neighbors had tried to tell them as they planted the explosives.

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Title Annotation:	SWAT team enters wrong house
Author:	Oliver, Charles
Publication:	Reason
Article Type:	Brief Article
Geographic Code:	1USA
Date:	Jan 1, 2003
Words:	98
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