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  • Deep snow can slow the Prius and other low-riding cars because they wind up having to push it out of the way instead of riding over it, like vehicles with greater ground clearance.

    A Prius in the Snow Jonathan Welsh 2011

  • They are high-waisted and light blue -- relics of a time that predates today's fashion of low-riding silhouettes and expensively manipulated indigo.

    Photos of crime victims, such as Chandra Levy, can become numbingly familiar Robin Givhan 2010

  • Sitting on their rumpled bed, Heather leaned back on her elbows and watched Dante pull on a pair of low-riding black latex jeans.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • Sitting on their rumpled bed, Heather leaned back on her elbows and watched Dante pull on a pair of low-riding black latex jeans.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • A proof, Subaru dropped the low-riding Legacy wagon in 2008, leaving the jacked-up Outback as its only wagon offering.

    2011 Geneva show: Hyundai debuts Sonata wagon – for Europe 2011

  • Sitting on their rumpled bed, Heather leaned back on her elbows and watched Dante pull on a pair of low-riding black latex jeans.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • I felt like a trophy wife, and the keys to her two-door, low-riding sports car were simply privileges that came with my role.

    Live and Let Love Andrea Buchanan 2011

  • Conversely, Cadillac is a low-riding gem which sizzles with subtle, yet playful, energy and sass.

    Cedric Perrier: Back To The Future: "The Time" Reunites for New Album as "The Original 7ven" Cedric Perrier 2011

  • This popular form of self-expression and empowerment has graduated from the low-riding "tramp stamp," to paragraphs visible on the arm or leg.

    Tracey D. Smith: Charm School 101 for the College Student Tracey D. Smith 2010

  • Sitting on their rumpled bed, Heather leaned back on her elbows and watched Dante pull on a pair of low-riding black latex jeans.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

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