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  • Do they hide under the bed during a quarter-moon too?

    Think Progress » Once again, conservatives see Muslim conspiracy in an administration logo. 2010

  • Above her a quarter-moon floats in the sky, threshing stars.

    The Lady Matador’s Hotel Cristina García 2010

  • Approaching the Japanese coast beneath a quarter-moon, B-29 crews tugged on flak vests—heavy, cumbersome garments with steel plates that could stop a shell splinter.

    Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

  • Approaching the Japanese coast beneath a quarter-moon, B-29 crews tugged on flak vests—heavy, cumbersome garments with steel plates that could stop a shell splinter.

    Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

  • The floodlights were doused; in the pale glow of a quarter-moon, the plane taxied like a gray ghost to the landing apron.

    The Day Kennedy Died 2009

  • September 25, 2009 at 6:30 am ai beeleeve we have about a quarter-moon on the west coast.

    Statler and Waldorf kittehs - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • There, riding at anchor no more than a hundred yards from the beach, clear and unmistakable in the light of a quarter-moon and a million stars, was the Perse.

    Duma Key King, Stephen, 1947- 2008

  • With so many people not getting along, I despaired of finding a friend, but then I met Frederique, a French girl with a pigtail and quarter-moon dimples.

    Rainbow’s End Lauren St John 2007

  • With so many people not getting along, I despaired of finding a friend, but then I met Frederique, a French girl with a pigtail and quarter-moon dimples.

    Rainbow’s End Lauren St John 2007

  • The streetlights of the south, ten billion of them, and a quarter-moon to sickle them about.

    outfoxed Diary Entry outfoxed 2006

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