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  • Now, I'm willing to wager that these guys aren't waiting on every Junky word, and that HBO's producers just used the Junks as an easy fill-in for "reactionary media persons."

    Caps 24/7, episode two Dan Steinberg 2010

  • Junks that called on Formosa of their own accord were not allowed to depart, and their crews and passengers were held to prevent them from talking to the Chinese in Tayouan.

    How Taiwan Became Chinese 2006

  • Junks came regularly from China, bringing silks and porcelain for the company to sell in Japan, and the fields near Saccam swayed with sugarcane and rice.

    How Taiwan Became Chinese 2006

  • The upper caste fellow Junks that the fellow who works in my field everyday is sitting beside me.

    Archive 2007-05-01 kesav 2007

  • The upper caste fellow Junks that the fellow who works in my field everyday is sitting beside me.

    Untouchable Spring .... అంటరాని వసంతం kesav 2007

  • Junks and fishing boats also carried radios, but the Russians possessed far better communications and radar equipment.

    On Yankee Station Nichols, Tillman 1988

  • Junks could not tack as a frigate could tack, or beat to windward.

    Tai-Pan Clavell, James 1966

  • Junks were designed for Chinese waters and monsoon winds, the frigates for the howling misery of the English Channel or North Sea or Atlantic where storm was commonplace and tempest a way of life.

    Tai-Pan Clavell, James 1966

  • Junks there were, almost as large as the old Spanish galleons, with poops impending far over the water, and covered in with a roof, like a house.

    The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands Anonymous

  • Junks, _alias_ Levee, laid his pistol down by the gentleman all the while he searched him, yet he wanted either the courage or the presence of mind to seize and prevent their losing things of so great value.

    Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences Arthur L. Hayward

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