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  • Peglar saw the small, familiar figure of John Bridgens standing at the rail on the stern's port side.

    The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007

  • We're going to look at stern's plan to take his show to satellite radio with a man who's written many books on the new media, Ken Auletta.

    CNN Transcript Oct 7, 2004 2004

  • Her name was written in golden letters placed on a black band between two sets of the stern's lavishly gilded windows.

    Sharpe's Trafalgar Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2000

  • And I'm only talking about the forward section, of course - the smashed-up stern's another problem.

    The Ghost from the Grand Banks Clarke, Arthur C. 1990

  • And I'm only talking about the forward section, of course - the smashed-up stern's another problem.

    The Ghost from the Grand Banks Clarke, Arthur C. 1990

  • He breathed deeply of the salt spray and fumed, briefly, gazing over the stern's sheer-strake.

    beneath an opal moon Lustbader, Eric 1980

  • "The stern's up!" facetiously replied Jack, also struggling to a standing position.

    Boy Scouts in the North Sea The Mystery of a Sub 1909

  • They've hauled up to the nor'ard; her stern's towards us, for I can see the lights shining out of her cabin-windows; and now every minute 'll take us further apart.

    The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific Harry Collingwood 1886

  • 'Her stern's coming down just exactly right, by George!'

    Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain 1872

  • 'Her stern's coming down just exactly right, by George!'

    Life on the Mississippi, Part 2. Mark Twain 1872

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