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But then a couple of years go when my husband and I walked by the almost-real Christmas trees on display, there was a moment when in unison we looked at each other and said, “This tree looks real.”
Muffins and Mayhem Suzanne Beecher 2010
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But then a couple of years go when my husband and I walked by the almost-real Christmas trees on display, there was a moment when in unison we looked at each other and said, “This tree looks real.”
Muffins and Mayhem Suzanne Beecher 2010
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This makes things easier for broadcasters, who can use a standard Web server instead of a special media server to stream in almost-real time.
Apple Announcement LIVE VIDEO: Streaming From September 2010 Apple Press Conference Available 2010
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They feel like almost-real money, compared to clicking buttons on a screen.
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They mark the likely route of Cincinnati's almost-real new streetcar, which if all goes as planned will run continuously through the neighborhood.
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Meanwhile Beverly, who somewhere along the way changed from an almost-real person to a Bret groupie beyotch, dresses for the occasion in five feet long eyelashes and a shirt that would do Ashley proud with her chassis pretty much completely on display.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking: Rock of Love Bus with Bret Michaels, Week Ten 2009
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Now that the super-animated almost-real movie Avatar is about to roll out in theaters 12/18/09, here come the advertisers with spectacular new types of techno-toys to accompany the flick.
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Reading that description and knowing that his fans 'online attacks are pinged directly to him in almost-real time via Google Alerts sent to his wireless device ( "that's really being a glutton for punishment," Mr. Cross conceded, calling the alerts "pure vanity"), the Observer wondered whether Mr. Cross ever felt, well, lonely.
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The only thing would be to burn them—to burn her own, dear creations, the almost-real beings she called her children—but she had not any fuel.
Lilith’s Dream: A Tale of the Vampire Life Whitley Strieber 2002
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The only thing would be to burn them—to burn her own, dear creations, the almost-real beings she called her children—but she had not any fuel.
Lilith’s Dream: A Tale of the Vampire Life Whitley Strieber 2002
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