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Would Sluice Gulch Slim have embarked on a career as stagecoach robber, horse thief, arsonist, and insurance underwriter had he maintained a steady diet of broccoli?
The Rise of Jimeno Botts strannikov 2012
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The Charente-native Sluice is buckled by an immense minefield and the airport is requisitioned for the mine detector planes and the escadrilles of hunting of Luftwaffe making safe the underwater base.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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Sluice gates brought the renewing sea into teeming fish ponds.
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Sluice gates brought the renewing sea into teeming fish ponds.
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Sluice gates at the James Bay hydroelectric project.
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Sluice gates that had kept river traffic moving for more than a century slowly began to open, the chain links clanking rhythmically as each engaged its cog.
Day of the Dandelion Peter Pringle 2007
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Even still, Sluice is rumored to have caught a nasty cold from the frigid water within her enclosed tank, which may explain why she's been in no hurry to reprise the role, her old athletic ties to Glory notwithstanding.
The Warslayer Edghill, Rosemary 2002
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Sluice gates were opened on Thursday night after heavy rain.
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Sluice valves are fitted to the pump outlets in the case of pumped supplies, but are also installed to isolate pipeline sections during operation or maintenance activities; these valves are also known as gate valves.
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Sluice, did put an irreuocable desire into their hearts that were readie to take ship at the same time in the mouth of the riuer of
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (4 of 8) The Fovrth Booke Of The Historie Of England Raphael Holinshed
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