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  • As I-17 wended north and east through desert, brush, and forest, we marveled at the physical reality of everything we see in relation to the mountains we know so well back home in Pennsylvania, the trees that cover them, the interloping cities and still-interloping suburbs that never suggest this expanse of material, the planet's bones, an endless stretch of at-rest atoms testifying for the universe.

    Christopher Cocca: What Is Sacred Space? 2010

  • It was the same effect I use to distort the at-rest mass-path of a heavy door to make it lighter.

    Orphans of Chaos 2005

  • Something was distorting the at-rest state of the white dot at the center of his brain.

    Orphans of Chaos 2005

  • Mr. Roberts looked from her to his wife, -- his face smiling, curious, yet with a sort of at-rest expression.

    Ester Ried Yet Speaking 1841-1930 Pansy 1885

  • Therefore it's certain that they hold the keys on their server to decrypt your at-rest files.

    Boing Boing Cory Doctorow 2011

  • On the morning of June 5, Israeli planes surprise-attacked the at-rest Egyptian air force destroying hundreds of planes.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • First, take a look at what is contained in ApplicationAddresses when two service instances are on for the BDC service and the farm is in a stable, at-rest state:

    Site Home JoshGav 2011

  • That disturbs the animals, and it only allows at-rest readings.

    SplicedFeed 2010

  • That disturbs the animals, and it only allows at-rest readings.

    SplicedFeed 2010

  • That disturbs the animals, and it only allows at-rest readings.

    SplicedFeed 2010

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