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Examples
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Ask her if she can maintain a gentle wind in the channel north of Terek Island in the Vigilants, so our ship can shortcut through it to Cala Bay.
Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003
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Just before sunup, with the weather around Bluefish Bay partly cloudy and the wind no longer so strong as to preclude any sort of delicate maneuvering, Hartrig Skellhaven suggested to Prince Conrig that they might risk taking Shearwater through the tricky channel separating the mainland from the Vigilants, rather than skirting the islands as prudent navigators invariably did.
Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003
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When the Vigilants come riding up the road and get in front of the house we will suddenly fire on them.
Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War Edward Robins 1902
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The fact was that Hare made up his mind, logically enough, that the fugitives would keep along the Tennessee until morning came, and as he had seen the direction they had taken he determined to set the Vigilants on their track.
Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War Edward Robins 1902
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Yet it would not be long before the Vigilants dashed up to the house.
Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War Edward Robins 1902
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Vigilants said, in an injured tone: "I wish Jake Hare was at the bottom of the ocean!"
Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War Edward Robins 1902
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Vigilants, if such they were, came nearer and nearer.
Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War Edward Robins 1902
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These Vigilants are as brave as they are reckless, and there are at least twenty-five or thirty of them.
Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War Edward Robins 1902
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Vigilants turned their horses and cantered back towards Jasper.
Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War Edward Robins 1902
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Here he told the Vigilants that the three men had returned in the boat (which he had previously declared they had taken) and landed on the bank of the river.
Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War Edward Robins 1902
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