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  • Memories of dragging a ninety-pound keg of beer to the water's edge came back to me, my flashlight illuminating the ghosts of dead recollections.

    Another Body Ryan Amfahr Longhorn 2011

  • And that fat Bohemian at Bellevue—you really believe some ninety-pound weakling stole his knife and gutted him like a pig?

    The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010

  • Any number of military cartridges might shatter the lower forearm of a ninety-pound man upon smacking the radius and ulna squarely.

    The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010

  • And that fat Bohemian at Bellevue—you really believe some ninety-pound weakling stole his knife and gutted him like a pig?

    The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010

  • And that fat Bohemian at Bellevue—you really believe some ninety-pound weakling stole his knife and gutted him like a pig?

    The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010

  • “You can make pretty good sauerkraut from a ninety-pound cabbage,” she says, “but mostly we feed them to livestock.”

    One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010

  • Foxy, a white shepherd mix, has lived with the couple for most of her twelve years, but the other three dogs—Scout, a ninety-pound black shepherd mix, Star, a black lab mix with a white spot on her chest and a limp, and Buddy, a rambunctious white lab mix—are recent acquisitions.

    Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010

  • Her antics never failed to entertain us, and over the years she grew into a gentle ninety-pound giant.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Dog Jack Canfield 2009

  • Her antics never failed to entertain us, and over the years she grew into a gentle ninety-pound giant.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Dog Jack Canfield 2009

  • But a fifteen-pound cat that will take on a ninety-pound dog?

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Cat Jack Canfield 2009

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