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  • "Painstaking" is not a word you associate with digital internet access.

    The Guardian World News 2009

  • Painstaking police and forensic work identifies a prime suspect, "Jake", who apart from having film-star looks is a hedge-fund trader, so obviously someone not to be trusted.

    City of fear, by Alafair Burke Maxine 2009

  • Painstaking hours spent applying such layers mean that some tiles have yawning depths while others have an upfront radiance.

    This week's new exhibitions 2011

  • Painstaking police and forensic work identifies a prime suspect, "Jake", who apart from having film-star looks is a hedge-fund trader, so obviously someone not to be trusted.

    February 2009 Maxine 2009

  • Painstaking police and forensic work identifies a prime suspect, "Jake", who apart from having film-star looks is a hedge-fund trader, so obviously someone not to be trusted.

    Book review Maxine 2009

  • Painstaking police and forensic work identifies a prime suspect, "Jake", who apart from having film-star looks is a hedge-fund trader, so obviously someone not to be trusted.

    City of fear, by Alafair Burke Maxine 2009

  • There's the flat-footed and obvious: "Video Image Search Proves Painstaking."

    Michael Wolff: NYC Section: Is the WSJ Turning In Its Grave? 2010

  • Painstaking, patient and a perfectionist, Haugland was by far the best wireless operator in SOE, and he needed every bit of his skill.

    Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010

  • Painstaking, patient and a perfectionist, Haugland was by far the best wireless operator in SOE, and he needed every bit of his skill.

    Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010

  • There's the flat-footed and obvious: "Video Image Search Proves Painstaking."

    Michael Wolff: NYC Section: Is the WSJ Turning In Its Grave? 2010

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