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  • NGUYEN: And the world is watching, and as you know we've been around - the-clock coverage of it.

    CNN Transcript Jun 21, 2009 2009

  • In what is one of the strangest twists since the whole saga of the octuplet mother began, the octomom has now fired all of the nurses who were brought in to give all of her kids around - the-clock care for free.

    CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2009 2009

  • He obviously escaped back in 2001, when there was around - the-clock bombing of Tora Bora, if you remember.

    CNN Transcript Apr 16, 2007 2007

  • Beleaguered state energy company Jirama is unable to assure round - the-clock electricity supply on the island - the world's fourth largest.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • Right now, an around - the-clock rescue effort is under way for 13 coal miners trapped deep underground.

    CNN Transcript Jan 3, 2006 2006

  • And, of course, that is very harrowing news for many of the firefighters who are already taxed and worn out from around - the-clock work that they've had to do throughout the Texas panhandle.

    CNN Transcript Mar 15, 2006 2006

  • They're stopping cars at checkpoints and monitoring city streets, and around - the-clock patrols.

    CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2006 2006

  • FOREMAN: What do you do at this point to prepare for the around - the-clock operation?

    CNN Transcript Jan 2, 2006 2006

  • The Iraqi government lifted the two-day around - the-clock curfew that was imposed to prevent violence following the sentencing of Saddam Hussein.

    CNN Transcript Nov 7, 2006 2006

  • They've been working around - the-clock, risking their own lives to save the lives of others.

    CNN Transcript Sep 3, 2005 2005

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