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  • Keris shuddered, accidentally sideslipping for a moment, then instantly pushing hard, leveling himself and his rider.

    Father Swarat Matt Dennison 2010

  • He felt Kashet sideslipping and losing height quickly; his stomach lurched with the renewed sense of falling, but he knew that this "fall" would not end in blessed blackness, but in captivity, and he howled his anguish.

    Joust Lackey, Mercedes 2003

  • "She's a bore, Mater," he said, sideslipping the topic-or trying to.

    The Gates Of Sleep Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • Not even for a new left hand, a keeper, would Wallingford have blinked or looked away from that sideslipping view of the dark-green trees and the suddenly tilted horizon.

    The Fourth Hand Irving, John, 1942- 2001

  • The Apaches danced around the laager, sideslipping as the gunners triggered off their missiles.

    The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000

  • The nuances of hooding and unhooding the crystals, of riding and sideslipping wind currents, and of avoiding downdrafts and lightfalls that could change the mo - mentum and responsiveness of an airship in an instant were not easily mastered.

    Ilse Witch Brooks, Terry 2000

  • It prevents the boat from sideslipping by resisting the lateral force of the wind, and it gives the boat stability.

    Sailing Fundamentals Gary Jobson 1998

  • This resistance to sideslipping is known as lateral resistance.

    Sailing Fundamentals Gary Jobson 1998

  • It prevents the boat from sideslipping by resisting the lateral force of the wind, and it gives the boat stability.

    Sailing Fundamentals Gary Jobson 1998

  • This resistance to sideslipping is known as lateral resistance.

    Sailing Fundamentals Gary Jobson 1998

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