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  • The admiral held his hands out-a gesture of helplessness.

    Addicts Tree Riesener 2010

  • He cried out-a wordless sound of rage, of hate, of sorrow - and swung his sword at the beast.

    Father Swarat Matt Dennison 2010

  • I got the freight train blues, the tracks is out-a line

    Big Maceo Merriweather Lyrics 2009

  • The bartender looked at me, an 'said "tramp get out-a here"

    Jimmy Reed Lyrics 2009

  • I said well, that's alright she probably went 'bout four or five miles out-a the city limit

    Albert Collins Lyrics 2009

  • "Don't tell, " Peter whispered, and Josie realized he was offering her a way out-a deal sealed in blood, a partnership of silence: I won't share your secrets, if you don't share mine.

    Nineteen Minutes Picoult, Jodi, 1966- 2007

  • 'One name, however, apparently stood out-a man the Turkish callers often referred to by the nickname' Denny boy. '

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: BREAKING: Vanity Fair FBI wiretap lead to allegations GOP chief Hastert took Turkish bribes 2005

  • In his introduction to this latest anthology (The New Yorker has been spewing them out-a gag reflex brought on by leg-acy anxieties?), David Remnick doesn't hedge his bets, casts no worried glances at the downward spikes of the Nasdaq.

    The Way We're Rich Now: Microsoft and Manolo Blahniks 2000

  • He cried out-a wordless sound of rage, of hate, of sorrow - and swung his sword at the beast.

    The Dragons of Chaos Weis, Margaret 1997

  • It was, in a way, like seeing something in a piece of wood, something you could carve out-a bow, a slingshot, perhaps a key to open some unimaginable door.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

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