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  • Out front, under the arch of the faux adobe facade, Seitan sat at a beat-up, bolted-down table.

    Steven Crandell: One Burrito for Mankind Steven Crandell 2011

  • Clinging to the bolted-down legs of the table, Burke managed to get to his feet.

    "Undersea Prisoner" by Harl Vincent, part 3 Johnny Pez 2010

  • Clinging to the bolted-down legs of the table, Burke managed to get to his feet.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Johnny Pez 2010

  • I had begun to move my legs up and down to get rid of some of that anxiety, but I found that most of it was thrust at Carolyn, as I began telling her what I needed even before she had time to settle into one of the uncomfortable iron chairs that circled the bolted-down outdoor table.

    Unbearable Lightness Portia de Rossi 2010

  • When we came in, the three of them looked away from a bolted-down Zenith television, which was playing a CNN newscast.

    KILLING WILLIS TODD BRIDGES 2010

  • When we came in, the three of them looked away from a bolted-down Zenith television, which was playing a CNN newscast.

    KILLING WILLIS TODD BRIDGES 2010

  • I stride into my classroom after a tempest of hello's, daily welcomes like those after checking in to a Hawaiian hotel sans lays, and student conversations end abruptly when I quickly step onto my throne, a 10-inch stab of raised concrete in front of their bolted-down desks.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Phil Razem 2009

  • I stride into my classroom after a tempest of hello's, daily welcomes like those after checking in to a Hawaiian hotel sans lays, and student conversations end abruptly when I quickly step onto my throne, a 10-inch stab of raised concrete in front of their bolted-down desks.

    "The Democratic Classroom" Phil Razem 2009

  • Aultman grabbed at the bolted-down stool on the port side of the bridge, and Ron grabbed Aultman and his video camera at the same time.

    The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007

  • Aultman grabbed at the bolted-down stool on the port side of the bridge, and Ron grabbed Aultman and his video camera at the same time.

    The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007

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