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  • I for one am tired of all the drag-on bags and tired of having to put my breifcase under the seat in fron of me with my feet on it, so Good for the airlines.

    Senator vows to block carry-on fee 2010

  • I well remember that my father was the only person I had ever known to point out that the Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl god of knowledge, creation, priesthood, and the winds was depicted, in the remarkably un-Aztec stone carvings at the Ciudadela complex in Teotihuacán, as a feathered serpent, a creature totally unknown in the Western Hemisphere, but well-known in China as a drag-on.

    In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010

  • I well remember that my father was the only person I had ever known to point out that the Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl god of knowledge, creation, priesthood, and the winds was depicted, in the remarkably un-Aztec stone carvings at the Ciudadela complex in Teotihuacán, as a feathered serpent, a creature totally unknown in the Western Hemisphere, but well-known in China as a drag-on.

    In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010

  • Puff that might-y drag-on, he ceased his fear-less roar.

    cbrimble Diary Entry cbrimble 2006

  • As a drag-on on organic growth for your business, do you think that, that is still accelerating or did you see the peak of that in maybe 2010 and start to move down a little bit?

    unknown title 2011

  • Almost a drag-on candidate but instead it bounces behind to Prior, with Watson taking the quick single on offer.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • Almost a drag-on candidate but instead it bounces behind to Prior, with Watson taking the quick single on offer.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • Bresnan was typically modest about his wickets, describing the Ponting dismissal as "a slow, dirty drag-on, there was nothing special about the delivery".

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • Nonetheless, even though the non-stop battles could drag-on (pun intended) towards the latter half of this incredibly long game, I found it impossible to tear myself away from the story.

    unknown title 2009

  • We've also had some lumpiness in the government sector which has been a drag-on revenue growth this year.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2008

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