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  • Propped the Shopper against the wheel and ate scanning pages for more likely prospect.

    Get Me Gone Mark Reep 2011

  • Propped against the wall, his leg stretched in front of him, he rested his head back against the wall.

    Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011

  • Propped my elbows on my desk, laid my eyes over my hands.

    I'm a little bit blocked : The Archive 2009

  • Propped against the wall, he stood there on one foot trying not to breathe in too deeply.

    The Empty Family Colm Tóibín 2011

  • Propped on sticks, his moccasins steamed unheeded and unturned.

    THE END OF THE STORY 2010

  • Propped against the wall, he stood there on one foot trying not to breathe in too deeply.

    The Empty Family Colm Tóibín 2011

  • Propped up by the Obama stimulus, public payrolls are bloated and unsustainable.

    The New Lackluster 2011

  • Propped up by an international rescue package since last year, Ireland finally seems to be emerging from a deep recession triggered by a banking crisis and the bursting of a housing bubble.

    Euro Crisis to Hurt Ireland's Deficit-Cutting Efforts Sudeep Reddy 2011

  • Propped up behind him is a sketch of a ship frozen on the Medway, one of his many paintings of the frozen river.

    A room of my own: Billy Childish 2012

  • Propped up by 10 consecutive weeks of fund inflows, the average high-yield, or junk, bond now trades at 103.89 cents on the dollar, according to the Merrill index, with an average risk premium of 4.54 percentage points above comparable Treasury bonds, down from 6.22 in early December, according to the Merrill index.

    Junk Yields Drop to Record Low, at 6.837% Michael Aneiro 2011

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