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  • adjective shirtless

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Examples

  • I say they settle it by barechested cage matches pitting the Israeli PM against the leader of Hamas. rmwarnick Says:

    Matthew Yglesias » Gaza and Just War 2009

  • We know that low cut shirts are distracting for men, and really barechested men are the same for women. (though quite frankly, some of those guys with the tight pants could have faked it with a few less socks to make it more believable).

    ProWomanProLife » Modesty, nudity, identity 2009

  • By the time he appeared in a French courtroom, barechested, wearing a scarf and a wide-brimmed fedora, the image of Galliano the disgraced designer had taken over.

    How John Galliano changed the face of fashion 2011

  • What could be safer than some barechested pole-riding mama cita's g-string while she's guarded by a couple 250lb thugs packing glocks?

    RGA assures donors their contributions are safe 2010

  • So the story is full of barechested men wearing loinskirts and makeup, and perfumed women wheeling and dealing, and children with cute little sidelocks, all interacting in a sunbleached city full of incredible stone monuments along the green, green banks of a mighty river.

    The Research Readers Don’t See « 2009

  • Alberto Cutie - known as "Father Oprah" because of his role as advice-giver on Spanish radio - has been relieved of duties at a South Florida church after the publication of photos showing him at the beach, barechested, embracing a woman.

    RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2010

  • Alberto Cutie - known as "Father Oprah" because of his role as advice-giver on Spanish radio - has been relieved of duties at a South Florida church after the publication of photos showing him at the beach, barechested, embracing a woman.

    RELIGION Blog | The Dallas Morning News 2009

  • Alberto Cutie - known as "Father Oprah" because of his role as advice-giver on Spanish radio - has been relieved of duties at a South Florida church after the publication of photos showing him at the beach, barechested, embracing a woman.

    Florida priest known as `Father Oprah' in trouble over beach photos | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009

  • And yet the gay imagery that Fassbinder chooses to employ here is caricatured, almost stereotyped, all leather and homoerotic sailor boys going around everywhere barechested, bathed in the glistening, pastel lights that Fassbinder strobes across them.

    Querelle Ed Howard 2009

  • Have you all forgotten that iconic footage of Rudy, barechested and screaming his defiance, singlehandedly holding up the collapsing South Tower to give a few more people time to escape?

    New Rudy Ad: He Was Stronger Than The Rest Of The World On 9/11 2009

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