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  • These people, he says, were thrilled when Dobyns revisited the subject in a book, Their Numbers Become Thinned (1983) — and revised his own estimates upward.

    1491 2002

  • These people, he says, were thrilled when Dobyns revisited the subject in a book, Their Numbers Become Thinned (1983) — and revised his own estimates upward.

    1491 2002

  • Thinned by the wind, the forest in which the huts sat was full of gaps where a strolling human could easily be spot'ted.

    The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

  • Thinned and therefore concave central part of the yellow spot showing almost only cones.

    2. Elements Frank Ponemunski 1991

  • Thinned with water, it is a much used ingredient in Italian recipes.

    The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well Maria Gentile

  • Thinned as were their ranks, they were still a formidable host, and from the menace of their attitude it might be that they expected the arrival of reinforcements.

    A Heroine of France Everett-Green, Evelyn 1906

  • Thinned, almost mowed down by the grape-shot of the Union batteries and the deadly aim of the Union riflemen behind their rocks and intrenchments the Confederate assault wavered, hesitated, struggled on, and finally melted away before the destructive fire.

    A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Nicolay, John G 1904

  • Thinned as were their ranks, they were still a formidable host, and from the menace of their attitude it might be that they expected the arrival of reinforcements.

    A Heroine of France Evelyn Everett-Green 1894

  • Thinned the rank woods; and for the cheerful grange

    POEMS COMPOSED OR SUGGESTED DURING A TOUR IN THE SUMMER OF 1833 XI. STANZAS SUGGESTED IN A STEAMBOAT OFF SAINT BEES' HEADS, ON THE COAST OF CUMBERLAND 1888

  • Thinned, almost mowed down by the grape-shot of the Union batteries and the deadly aim of the Union riflemen behind their rocks and intrenchments the Confederate assault wavered, hesitated, struggled on, and finally melted away before the destructive fire.

    A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History John George Nicolay 1866

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