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  • With Molesey's defence suddenly losing their concentration with thoughts of supporting their attack, space was afforded in Russian Steppes proportions as Chertsey countered.

    Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon 2010

  • There was a cluster of clean, white-looking houses in the distance; and Lucy knew that she was in the great plains called the Steppes, that lie between the rivers Volga and Don.

    Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • There was a cluster of clean, white-looking houses in the distance; and Lucy knew that she was in the great plains called the Steppes, that lie between the rivers Volga and Don, and may be either in Europe or Asia, according as you look at an old map or a new.

    Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • The Steppes are their Siberia, to which they have been banished.

    Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley Yeardley, John, 1786-1858 1860

  • It is said that M. Lamoureux is admitting the "Steppes" by Borodine into one of his programmes.

    Letters Liszt, Franz 1893

  • This is a combination of two vineyards, "Steppes" and "Canyon" (you can see them on the winery website).

    The Wine Front 2009

  • Made from a framework of wood and a covering of animal hair felt, the yurt—or more curtly, the ger , according to the Mongols who invented it—was essential gear for nomads and khans on the Steppes.

    An In-Tents Experience 2011

  • Among the many companies that organize tours are Nomadic Expeditions (www.nomadicexpeditions.com) and Great Steppes (www.greatsteppes.com).

    Wild Horses Drag You Away Kit Gillet 2011

  • From there, we continued south, across the Blasted Lands, the Searing Gorge, through the lava-illumined halls of Blackrock Mountain and out again onto the Burning Steppes.

    "Fill the night with stories. The legend grows." greygirlbeast 2009

  • Gary Barlow, his vowels now even flatter than some particularly flat and depressed part of the Steppes, in what's increasingly seeming clever self-parody, did well enough – he even played an instrument!

    Amelia Lily, X Factor's comeback queen, reaches end of road in talent show final 2011

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