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  • I tried to barrel through a five-foot drift that looked fluffy, small in comparison to the big piles that would come later in the winter, and ended up high-centered on a solid pedestal of snow, all four wheels off the ground.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • I tried to barrel through a five-foot drift that looked fluffy, small in comparison to the big piles that would come later in the winter, and ended up high-centered on a solid pedestal of snow, all four wheels off the ground.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • I tried to barrel through a five-foot drift that looked fluffy, small in comparison to the big piles that would come later in the winter, and ended up high-centered on a solid pedestal of snow, all four wheels off the ground.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • I tried to barrel through a five-foot drift that looked fluffy, small in comparison to the big piles that would come later in the winter, and ended up high-centered on a solid pedestal of snow, all four wheels off the ground.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • And cattle have poor depth perception so they have the illusion that they can walk on the floor but when they get in they find out that they're high-centered and the next thing they know they're just riding along and just following each other.

    Part Two: Talking with Dr. Temple Grandin, Author of "Thinking in Pictures" 2009

  • We rescued a turtle that was trapped high-centered on a fence rail.

    Silver Wedding Rings Becca 2009

  • HUNTER: There are some things that you can get on an SUV like electronic stability control that helps mitigate the problem of these high-centered vehicle, the vehicle electronically and that's going to be standard equipment on all vehicles in the next couple of years.

    CNN Transcript Mar 12, 2008 2008

  • With his handlebar mustache, bowlegs, and raisin-skinned face, Bam White was a man high-centered in the wrong century.

    Excerpt: The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan 2005

  • Getting high-centered, bogged down in snow or mud, or stranded by engine failure is simply a part of hunting.

    Survival Tips for Living Through a Snowstorm in Your Truck 2004

  • His efforts for a medal were dampened early when he got high-centered on the pommel horse.

    USATODAY.com - Hamm touches sky on bars, wins America's first all-around title 2003

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