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  • • In Ohio, an acid leak ate a 6 inch-deep hole into the containment vessel of a nuclear reactor.

    Johanna Neumann: In The Public Interest: An Unacceptable Risk, Two Decades of "Close Calls," Leaks and Other Problems at U.S. Nuclear Reactors Johanna Neumann 2011

  • Like every Besson movie, Colombiana is ridiculous, inch-deep, critic-proof and just a ton of superkinetic fun.

    Colmbiana proves that Luc Besson has a type … women with big guns 2011

  • It's one of those twee, child-centric works that sift through the last shakings of the postmodernist bag for ways to enliven their inch-deep whimsy and fathomless solipsism – crapulous, cod-Vonnegut cutesiness being Foer's weakness – and often presume an intimacy with grave and terrible events, the better to drape themselves in the mantle of importance.

    Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close gleams with Oscar worthiness 2012

  • • In Ohio, an acid leak ate a 6 inch-deep hole into the containment vessel of a nuclear reactor.

    Johanna Neumann: In The Public Interest: An Unacceptable Risk, Two Decades of "Close Calls," Leaks and Other Problems at U.S. Nuclear Reactors Johanna Neumann 2011

  • To form the truffles: Pour mixture into a 2-inch-deep baking pan, spread evenly, and place in the freezer for 30 minutes or until set it should have the consistency of fudge.

    The Christmas Cookie Cookbook Ann Pearlman 2010

  • Ruined landscapes that Hawk called brûlé rose up to meet us, where the charred bones of silver birch and maple, spruce and hemlock, marched to the horizon, victims of the spring fires that had raged for weeks, creating an apocalyptic vista stretching as far as the eye could see, where the restless wind whipped the inch-deep ash underfoot into a choking fog.

    The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010

  • When I opened the tent flap I saw an inch-deep layer of snow over the campsite, tents and all.

    Talk about Travel Flight Crew 2010

  • Ruined landscapes that Hawk called brûlé rose up to meet us, where the charred bones of silver birch and maple, spruce and hemlock, marched to the horizon, victims of the spring fires that had raged for weeks, creating an apocalyptic vista stretching as far as the eye could see, where the restless wind whipped the inch-deep ash underfoot into a choking fog.

    The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010

  • She hesitated outside the door, taking her time retrieving the key card from the inch-deep puddle in the bottom of her purse.

    Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve Kresley Cole 2010

  • Ruined landscapes that Hawk called brûlé rose up to meet us, where the charred bones of silver birch and maple, spruce and hemlock, marched to the horizon, victims of the spring fires that had raged for weeks, creating an apocalyptic vista stretching as far as the eye could see, where the restless wind whipped the inch-deep ash underfoot into a choking fog.

    The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010

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