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  • Anyway, the heretic's lead in is what warranted the response, which I didn't think was that over the top.

    Dem Congressman Walz Endorses Obama Because His Constituents Did, Too 2009

  • At one time, diabolical machines were devised for torture: from the brank, the brazen bull, and the breaking wheel to the heretic's fork, the instep borer and the iron maiden.

    Russ Wellen: What Is It with Men and Torture? 2008

  • But I think maybe pilgrim/heretic's answer is more plausible.

    Why I worried about my students today StyleyGeek 2007

  • The sponsor's — and therefore God's — acceptance of the child stood in opposition to the negative image of the heretic's rejection of the infant.

    A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005

  • From in the Norwegian language means onwards, and From was what inspired my dear late father to ride his heretic's bicycle across the Pyrenees.

    the mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006

  • From in the Norwegian language means onwards, and From was what inspired my dear late father to ride his heretic's bicycle across the Pyrenees.

    The mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006

  • Those who now and then have accused me of impulsiveness need look no further than my dear late father on his heretic's push bike Aided by native converts whose tongues the natural linguist swiftly made his own, he baked bricks and limed them with red mud trodden by his own feet, dug ditches in the hillside and installed latrines amid the banana groves.

    The mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006

  • Those who now and then have accused me of impulsiveness need look no further than my dear late father on his heretic's push bike

    the mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006

  • As if in answer to her heretic's prayer, she heard the crack of a door being forced open past warped metal.

    Hunting Season Barr, Nevada 2002

  • But if she tried to climb over the sharded crystal, it would slash her like swords, while the metal outside was by now as hot as a medieval heretic's pyre.

    Operation Luna Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1999

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