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  • At the base of the "V," by the water's edge, he had found the gold colors at the grass roots.

    All Gold Cañon 2010

  • Damir Sagolj/Reuters People gathered at the water's edge as floods covered a highway Thursday in Ayutthaya province, Thailand.

    Asia in Pictures 2011

  • Several minutes later, cheeks flushed and eyes dancing with excitement, Saxon dragged the big fellow carefully from the water's edge into the dry sand.

    CHAPTER XVI 2010

  • He cut a short pole at the water's edge and drew from one of his pockets a bit of line and a draggled fly that had once been a royal coachman.

    All Gold Cañon 2010

  • 'Look you, water's warmer than ice -' 'An' little the difference, once ye break through. '

    The Men of Forty Mile 2010

  • At least 60 people parked their cars on the side of the road in the humid afternoon Wednesday and headed to the water's edge to throw in their lines.

    Flood Spawns a Not-So-Secret Fishing Hole Cameron McWhirter 2011

  • Morton hopes to inspire the Bay Area to fill the hills that crowd the water's edge, not with commercially convenient lots, but with rhythmic sequences of landscaping and architecture.

    Joaquin Miller 2010

  • Along the water's edge, workers tore down the amusement park, Playland at the Beach, and more recently moved the mechanical oddity "Laffing Sal" and the Musee Mechanique from underneath the Cliff House to a hanger at Pier 39.

    Red Room: Pam Tent: Home Is Where You Hang Your Hat: Why San Francisco Is It for Me Red Room 2011

  • WASHINGTON — Dispersants injected deep in the Gulf of Mexico to counter an oil gusher last spring seemed to keep some oil from fouling the water's surface, but the chemicals lingered underwater, raising concerns about long-term problems, a new study found.

    Oil Spill Dispersants Are 'Sticking Around' In Gulf AP 2011

  • After a time two Indians stuck up their heads and came out to the water's edge, carrying between them a birch-bark canoe.

    BÂTARD 2010

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