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  • Flung a glass of wine in the Governor's face; fought a duel with the port doctor; beat up his native servants; wrecked the hospital; broke two ribs and the collarbone of a man nurse, and escaped; and went down to his schooner, a gun in each hand, daring the chief of police and all the gendarmes to arrest him, and sailed for Hikihoho.

    THE PEARLS OF PARLAY 2010

  • Flung out with such force as to be smashed against the near end of the cage, Michael fell to the floor, tried to spring up, but crumpled and sank down, his right shoulder streaming blood from a terrible mauling and crushing.

    CHAPTER XXIX 2010

  • Greg Henington , who owns the Far Flung Outdoor Center in Terlingua, said he might start tours to Boquillas so his clients can have a beer and experience rural Mexico.

    Crossing Into U.S. Will Ease in One Spot Ana Campoy 2011

  • I started a section of my blog called Our Far-Flung Correspondents to feature their work.

    Film Criticism Is Dying? Not Online Roger Ebert 2011

  • “Brown Stains on the Wall, by Who-Flung-Poo,” he said and chugged his beer.

    Least Resistance 2009

  • “Brown Stains on the Wall, by Who-Flung-Poo,” he said and chugged his beer.

    Least Resistance 2009

  • Flung open the windows to the sunshine and the spring breeze.

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » The Last Month of the Book 2009

  • In the “common bathroom” of the “friendly house” its only “inhospitable section”, there is a shelf which holds two popular novels: Flung Roses and All Quiet on the Don.

    And quiet flow the links 2010

  • Flung back, and, in the sky's blue caves, reborn -

    The 'Power of Sound' and the Great Scheme of Things: Wordsworth Listens to Wordsworth 2008

  • Flung himself on me, he did, like a ton of bricks!

    Separate Douglas Light 2010

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