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  • I was at Bloomberg at the time and I 'doorstopped' Bob on his way out of the building.

    Forbes.com: News 85broads 2011

  • I was at Bloomberg at the time and I 'doorstopped' Bob on his way out of the building.

    Forbes.com: News 85broads 2011

  • The censorship board did not approve the films, so Ziada doorstopped its chairman at the elevator and rode up with him to plead her case.

    GetReligion 2009

  • The censorship board did not approve the films, so Ziada doorstopped its chairman at the elevator and rode up with him to plead her case.

    GetReligion 2009

  • The censorship board did not approve the films, so Ziada doorstopped its chairman at the elevator and rode up with him to plead her case.

    FACT - Freedom Against Censorship Thailand 2009

  • The censorship board did not approve the films, so Ziada doorstopped its chairman at the elevator and rode up with him to plead her case.

    CNN.com 2009

  • But it was not Sergeant's skill as a dogged political reporter who famously doorstopped Margaret Thatcher as she tumbled from power in 1990 that brought him to the apogee of fame.

    International Herald Tribune - World News, Analysis, and Global Opinions 2008

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