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A lot of CEOs face the challenge of having a bargeload of money delivered to their door every year.
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The little lizard-folk who had arrived with the bargeload of envoys from Clan k'leshya had taken one look at her winter wardrobe and taken it upon themselves to refashion it, as if they didn't already have enough to do.
Storm Breaking Lackey, Mercedes 1996
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The little lizard-folk who had arrived with the bargeload of envoys from Clan k'leshya had taken one look at her winter wardrobe and taken it upon themselves to refashion it, as if they didn't already have enough to do.
Storm Breaking Lackey, Mercedes 1996
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He watched till the last of the bargeload was stowed, then nodded curtly.
Millennium Everett B. Cole
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Marshal Langhorne came in to-day from The Hague to effect formal delivery of the first bargeload of food, and had weird tales to tell of his adventures by the way.
A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium Hugh Gibson 1918
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I processed a bargeload of ‘em myself, printed some on both Ciba and Kodak paper. 60s Ektachromes were a little pointillistic, but E6 really sharpened the film up in the 70s.
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"In 1969, in order to build a new artificial reef, the Department of Environmental Conservation dumped a bargeload of scrapped Good Humor trucks off Atlantic Beach, where they were eventually joined by (according to the DEC)" 30,000 tires in three-tire units; 404 auto bodies; nine barges; the tug Fran S; a steel lifeboat; steel crane and boom; surplus armored vehicles; concrete slabs, pipes, culvert, decking and rubble; 530,000 cubic yards of rock from a U.S.
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"In 1969, in order to build a new artificial reef, the Department of Environmental Conservation dumped a bargeload of scrapped Good Humor trucks off Atlantic Beach, where they were eventually joined by (according to the DEC)" 30,000 tires in three-tire units; 404 auto bodies; nine barges; the tug Fran S; a steel lifeboat; steel crane and boom; surplus armored vehicles; concrete slabs, pipes, culvert, decking and rubble; 530,000 cubic yards of rock from a U.S.
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" Q-Jo sighs a sigh as big and luxuriant as a bargeload of catnip.
Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas Robbins, Tom 1994
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I could sell a bargeload of TelleKurre weaponry. "
The White Rose Cook, Glen 1985
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