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  • They come in slightly misshapen form so that the polka dot's usual perfect roundness is pleasingly messed up.

    Coming round to the idea of polka dots 2011

  •  He swore he was only checking the dot's parallel port, but she was no dummy record.

    Love Rusts 2010

  • You're becoming monotonous and sounding like you may not have "all the dot's on your dice."

    Schneider: It's the economy 2008

  • And if I'm drinking a bottle of great wine and love how it tastes, there's no reason to assume that I will therefore have the ability to signal or otherwise report accurately the time of the onset of that quale at any subsequent time, let alone be able accurately to compare the time of its onset with the time of a dot's appearance on a screen at any subsequent time.

    A Third Choice (ID Hypothesis) 2007

  • Manufacturers hype the red dot's immunity from parallax; supposedly, you can see the dot in any part of your field of view, and as long as it covers the target ... you're covered.

    Strengths and Weaknesses of Red Dot Sights for Hunting Whitetail Deer 2007

  • The black dot's impersonation of a moviegoer is probably closer to mimicking my popcorn-eating than I care to admit.

    G.I. Thing - Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games 2008

  • Although the narrative voiceover is mostly lame and the film's message heavy-handed, it does provide plenty of purely visual delights, especially in the form of the line's showing off of his newfound skills in order to win the dot's affection.

    Short Film Week, Day 6: Six Chuck Jones Cartoons Ed Howard 2007

  • Although the narrative voiceover is mostly lame and the film's message heavy-handed, it does provide plenty of purely visual delights, especially in the form of the line's showing off of his newfound skills in order to win the dot's affection.

    Archive 2007-12-01 Ed Howard 2007

  • 'Well, if she dot's say that it'll be very unfair, you couldn't have done anything!

    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Rowling, J. K. 2003

  • The dot's movement said that Blaine was moving a bit more slowly now that it had switched over to batteries, and she fancied the lights in the Barony Coach were a little dimmer, but she didn't believe it would make much differ-ence, in the end.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

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