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  • The show is littered with sexually suggestive poses and half-exposed breasts, though how exposed they have to be to constitute illegality is up in the air.

    MTV's 'Skins': Will It Break Child Pornography Laws? Jordan Zakarin 2011

  • A few miles away, at the Cemetery of the Innocents, the skeletons of victims of the Great Plague lay half-exposed in their graves, eroded down to the bone.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • Standing there panting, he could see the half-exposed battery.

    NEVER WAVE GOODBYE DOUG MAGEE 2010

  • Flesh hung off of their half-exposed skeletons, and sharp fangs jutted from their bloodred mouths.

    The Three Furies Kaza Kingsley 2010

  • A few miles away, at the Cemetery of the Innocents, the skeletons of victims of the Great Plague lay half-exposed in their graves, eroded down to the bone.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • A few miles away, at the Cemetery of the Innocents, the skeletons of victims of the Great Plague lay half-exposed in their graves, eroded down to the bone.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • Landing atop the half-exposed belly, it curled up in its wings and lapsed back into its momentarily disturbed stupor.

    The Lives of Felix Gunderson Sugu Althomsons 2010

  • Finally, as you are walking out, you'll pass several cars, half-exposed and in a sad state:

    Nick Carr: The Underground City on Governors Island 2009

  • In the fight against terrorism, there is no middle ground, and half-measures keep you half-exposed.

    CNN Transcript May 21, 2009 2009

  • RICHARD B. CHENEY, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: In the fight against terrorism, there is no middle ground, and half - measures keep you half-exposed.

    CNN Transcript Jun 15, 2009 2009

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