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  • “Hoorray!” shouted a small lithe fellow called Wiry

    Adam Bede 2004

  • Wiry Renato Nunes performed a backflip off the bullpen fence.

    The Boys from Brazil 2010

  • Wiry sophomore-to-be Michael Buchanan could handle that marquee spot eventually.

    Illinois - Team Notes 2010

  • Wiry and fair Marcin Kupiñski, who was dramatically affecting at the center of "A Folk Tale," proved full of pride even if at times unsteady.

    Neapolitan Sunshine Brightens Danish Gloom Robert Greskovic 2011

  • Wiry Renato Nunes performed a backflip off the bullpen fence.

    The Boys from Brazil 2010

  • Wiry and fair Marcin Kupiñski, who was dramatically affecting at the center of "A Folk Tale," proved full of pride even if at times unsteady.

    Neapolitan Sunshine Brightens Danish Gloom Robert Greskovic 2011

  • Wiry sophomore-to-be Michael Buchanan could handle that marquee spot eventually.

    Around the BigTen Conference 2010

  • Wiry hair above his ears curled up from under the edges of a dark, creased cap.

    Men Don't Leave Me 2010

  • Degged with dew, dappled with dew Are the groins of the braes that the brook treads through, Wiry heathpacks, flitches of fern, And the beadbonny ash that sits over the burn.

    Archive 2007-07-29 2007

  • Degged with dew, dappled with dew Are the groins of the braes that the brook treads through, Wiry heathpacks, flitches of fern, And the beadbonny ash that sits over the burn.

    Inversnaid by Gerard Manley Hopkins 2007

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