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  • The journey over the desert stretch from Prieska to Upington was full of alarms; during the night the train halted in the lonely veld owing to a washaway, and we stood to arms, throwing out cossack-posts around the train wherein the Commander-in-Chief slept.

    With Botha in the Field Eric Moore Ritchie

  • Meanwhile, a washaway on the Adelaide to Darwin railway line has stranded 150 passengers on the Ghan passenger train at Alice Springs.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • Sometimes there is no bridge, just a small washaway.

    Ærchies Archive - The Curmudgeon's Magazine 2008

  • i decided to do a piece that showed the anatomy of a pregnant woman. i google image searched and found an image that was detailed enough to make it worthwhile. i traced the image onto some light pink kona cotton using a washaway marker, and picked out 4 different shades of pink/burgundy to embroider with.

    Archive 2009-05-01 amy 2009

  • i decided to do a piece that showed the anatomy of a pregnant woman. i google image searched and found an image that was detailed enough to make it worthwhile. i traced the image onto some light pink kona cotton using a washaway marker, and picked out 4 different shades of pink/burgundy to embroider with.

    anatomy embroidery! amy 2009

  • It is much more likely I will have to swim or sail aboard a vessel, but I sure do know if that comes to pass, I will be watching as I migrate all those desperate million dollar beach condo owners’ nesteggs as they washaway.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » My Yale Law Journal Pocket Part Essay on Regulatory Takings and the Poor: 2007

  • It is much more likely I will have to swim or sail aboard a vessel, but I sure do know if that comes to pass, I will be watching as I migrate all those desperate million dollar beach condo owners’ nesteggs as they washaway.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » District Court Judge Invalidates Part of FISA: 2007

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  • A town in Cornwall, England.

    January 1, 2008