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  • noun Plural form of coupling.

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Examples

  • HPL's racist phobias of genetic degeneration and evolutionary backsliding as a direct result of these couplings is often at the heart his work.

    "This brilliant chill's come for the shackle." greygirlbeast 2009

  • Guy argues that because the purpose of not recognizing same-sex couplings is to preserve gender roles, women are disfavored.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Wake Me From This Nightmare 2010

  • "There are different life cycles for different kinds of pipes, and this replacement of the couplings from the 1950s is an example of that kind of program," Kane said.

    Development in once-rural areas put populations closer to natural gas pipelines Kimberly Lankford 2010

  • Insert the 2-inch and 1. 5-inch male threaded couplings from the bottom up through the holes, screwing the female couplers on top to sandwich the plastic.

    Workshop: Snorkel Installation Cassandra 2009

  • The argument that denying civil recognition of same-sex couplings is gender discrimination is not persuasive.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Wake Me From This Nightmare 2010

  • "There are different life cycles for different kinds of pipes, and this replacement of the couplings from the 1950s is an example of that kind of program," Kane said.

    Development in once-rural areas put populations closer to natural gas pipelines Kimberly Lankford 2010

  • Linus says: jrose: The argument that denying civil recognition of same-sex couplings is gender discrimination is not persuasive.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Wake Me From This Nightmare 2010

  • He told them many things that they had not known before — as, for instance, that the things that hook carriages together are called couplings, and that the pipes like great serpents that hang over the couplings are meant to stop the train with.

    The Railway Children Edith 2003

  • He told them many things that they had not known before — as, for instance, that the things that hook carriages together are called couplings, and that the pipes like great serpents that hang over the couplings are meant to stop the train with.

    The Railway Children Edith 2003

  • He told them many things that they had not known before -- as, for instance, that the things that hook carriages together are called couplings, and that the pipes like great serpents that hang over the couplings are meant to stop the train with.

    The Railway Children 1891

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