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  • Hospital officials are aiming to reduce patients' and employees' exposure to toxins that linger in fabrics from a recently burned cigarette, also known as third-hand smoke, Lauve said.

    FOXNews.com 2011

  • Filtered, second - and third-hand accounts of events fill the air.

    Can't get to worldcon? It's a-comin' to YOU! frankwu 2009

  • So what we have here qualifies as second-hand information, perhaps even third-hand information.

    More ‘Star Wars’ Movies On The Horizon?! » MTV Movies Blog 2009

  • Sighing, I reached in my small and narrow closet to grab a pair of jeans and a Baby Phat tee that looked as second- and third-hand as it was.

    Real wifeys Meesha Mink 2011

  • March 9th, 2009 at 10: 27 am dharmamama: I dunno … not having seen it, this is a bit of a third-hand comment, but I think it may shed some light on the true depths of depravity open to the human soul some things are better left in shadow however

    Ewww. Awesome. 2009

  • Unfortunately, Mr. Santopietro relies entirely on second- and third-hand anecdotes about the making of the three "Godfather" movies, essentially doing a clip job from previous articles and books.

    Taking the Cannoli Laura Landro 2012

  • But as this part of the story comes from second - and third-hand accounts, it "gets a little fuzzy," says archaeologist Mike Scafuri of the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in Charleston, where the recovered Hunley is on display.

    Students dive into mystery of Civil War submarine Hunley 2010

  • On September 11, the school cut access to the internet and TV and the only thing his class knew was a third-hand rumor that “New York got hit.”

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Writing Tip of the Day: Be Careful With Crying Characters 2009

  • Sighing, I reached in my small and narrow closet to grab a pair of jeans and a Baby Phat tee that looked as second- and third-hand as it was.

    Real wifeys Meesha Mink 2011

  • "We ask only to be judged on what we report, rather than on second- and third-hand accounts about figures that none of us can independently confirm," she said.

    Law Firms' Profits Called Inflated Vanessa O'Connell 2011

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