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Examples
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It is just me or does that thing have ground-effect neon?
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His spinal nerves had worn out long since, marooning him in a ground-effect travel chair.
Minnesota Menage Jack Swenson 2010
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Get that book just for the pleasure of reading how the first cosmonaut Yury Gagarin sets to explore the infinite ocean (every planet in the Universe turned flat, you see) inside a giant "ekranoplan" ground-effect vehicle. (a larger version of this) review: 15-Jan-08 (read in 2007)
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I looked up then, and it was Luke Garner's ground-effect travel chair sliding accurately through the door.
Minnesota Menage Jack Swenson 2010
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The WIG Page Ekranoplans and other ground-effect aircraft
Wonderful & weird science Ray Girvan 2002
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The WIG Page Ekranoplans and other ground-effect aircraft
Archive 2002-04-01 Ray Girvan 2002
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A company called Flightship has produced the worlds first commercial flying boat that operates on the principle of ground-effect.
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Jeremy suddenly realized that he was looking up at the curving hull of Cavorite, so close that he couldn't see the top, but only what he had taken for a cobbled wall: the lander's lava-spattered ground-effect skirt.
Destiny's Road Niven, Larry 1997
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The car was intended for this region, chassis mounted on tracks rather than wheels and with a ground-effect motor in case of major obstacles.
The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994
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POUL ANDERSON mounted on tracks rather than wheels and with a ground-effect motor in case of major obstacles.
The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994
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