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She dipped the front end of the stardrive, and ducked under the on-coming marauder.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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She dipped the front end of the stardrive, and ducked under the on-coming marauder.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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But, like a deer frozen in on-coming headlights, Washington seems immobilized.
Barry Lando: Tunisia: Democratic Triumph or U.S. Disaster? Barry Lando 2011
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The impact of the blow drove her backward, but she struck the wall of her on-coming fellows and bounced forward again, dazed and helpless, the brandished hatchet falling feebly on Hartman's shoulder.
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I went sideways, almost into on-coming traffic and then swung back towards the guys in the Monte.
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But, like a deer frozen in on-coming headlights, Washington seems immobilized.
Barry Lando: Tunisia: Democratic Triumph or U.S. Disaster? Barry Lando 2011
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What about supervisors who try to pressure officers to clear all unresourced jobs before the end of the shift so that they look good to the on-coming supervisor?
Policing Pledge Response Times – The Ugly Truth! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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The one thing there is that sometimes sand forms drifts across one lane or the other, causing one to either swerve into the other lane, or in case of on-coming traffic, plow through, risking varying degrees of fish-tailing.
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But, like a deer frozen in on-coming headlights, Washington seems immobilized.
Barry Lando: Tunisia: Democratic Triumph or U.S. Disaster? Barry Lando 2011
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Anyone else tells him something like that and he would be all on-coming storm of frowny face.
A final note on Torchwood:CoE and S4 Doctor Who rabid1st 2009
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