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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.
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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
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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
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Puff that might-y drag-on, he ceased his fear-less roar.
cbrimble Diary Entry cbrimble 2006
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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We've also had some lumpiness in the government sector which has been a drag-on revenue growth this year.
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