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  • One of the cubes will hold electronics and the other two will carry folded-up sails, (Planetary Society co-founder Louis) Friedman said.

    Solar sails to take flight - Boing Boing 2009

  • They were grand in concept but less so in reality as the sheer effort involved in filling eight pages made from a large folded-up piece of paper became painfully apparent once we had started.

    Magazines Maxine 2009

  • What had her laughing was my suggestion that everyone carry a folded-up $20 bill in case they find themselves stranded and walletless, the starting point of so many pleas for help.

    Why are so many signs are misspelled? To keep us amused, no doubt. 2011

  • In the bay-window display, apothecary bottles, one of the old-fashioned scales with its outspread pans like the arms of a crucifix, jars of Bromo-Seltzer, folded-up wheelchairs,

    Pharmacy 2010

  • Identifying the female as “Julia, the 6′2″ bien-jambee,” he continued in a pedantic tone, “The room is a typical 10 × 18 with its coir matting, woven cadjan walls, wooden shutters, and army bed with folded-up mosquito net above.”

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • What had her laughing was my suggestion that everyone carry a folded-up $20 bill in case they find themselves stranded and walletless, the starting point of so many pleas for help.

    Why are so many signs are misspelled? To keep us amused, no doubt. 2011

  • I took the bag and stuck my folded-up handouts inside.

    Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011

  • Samir Sharifi, the host, is handed a piece of folded-up notebook paper with the verdict.

    Kabul Makeover 2010

  • Identifying the female as “Julia, the 6′2″ bien-jambee,” he continued in a pedantic tone, “The room is a typical 10 × 18 with its coir matting, woven cadjan walls, wooden shutters, and army bed with folded-up mosquito net above.”

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • I took the bag and stuck my folded-up handouts inside.

    Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011

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