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Plying Buddia with protein supplements, he put him through rigorous long distance training until Budhia entered his first race.
Linda Hassler: In HBO's Marathon Boy, An Indian Slum Boy Runs For His Life Linda Hassler 2011
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Plying the coastal waters off of what is now Libya, these early "terrorists" severely impacted overseas trade by kidnapping and enslaving more than a million British, American, and European sailors at a time when the U.S. had a small navy and could do very little to defend itself.
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Plying the river here is an intimate experience — it's maybe 25 yards across.
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Plying me with food and sex had been her tactic to win me, and to enjoy the effects of bringing a man of power and girth into her kin-clan.
Renegade's Magic Hobb, Robin 2008
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Plying his trades in the early eighteenth century, Defoe, now known largely as the author of Robinson Crusoe, in a number of disparate literary and political guises advocated the development of written documents setting forth the basic principles of a governmental order and restraining the power of legislative majorities.
Archive 2008-02-01 Mary L. Dudziak 2008
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Plying the same theme with respect to McCain-Palin campaign rhetoric in Lebanon, Virginia, Barack Obama asserted...
"You know, you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig. You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called 'change,' it’s still gonna stink." Ann Althouse 2008
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Plying dress-up IS fun, and yes, it's a big, BIG part of the SCA.
Dreams, doings: spiderweb punk satchels, kimono postcards and margaritas Elizabeth McClung 2008
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I met Greg in Pixie's spinning class at Plying the Arts. Your baby blanket looks adorable - do I see feather & fan on the border?
FO, and retreat! 2006
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Plying her craft to another thriller beyond 2007's abysmal The Reaping, Hilary Swank is set to star in The Resident as a doctor who moves into a Brooklyn loft, made uneasy by the fact that her landlord is a stalker.
Hilary Swank Joins Hammer's Indie Thriller The Resident « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Plying stars with swag bags has been a well-established practice since the 1970s, according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which hands out the Oscars.
Awards Season Can Be So Taxing Chaniga Vorasarun 2006
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