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Examples
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So we did several double-takes when seeing the famous Middleton sis, known for her sundresses and chic blazers, make a black stretchy statement.
Pippa Middleton Bravely Wears Leggings As Pants (PHOTOS) 2011
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Nog stepped over a groaning body that was slumped at his feet, just as the door to the neck section opened, and two Ferengi did double-takes in the doorway.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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Shoppers made double-takes and pulled out their smart phones to snap a picture.
Rev. Amy Ziettlow: Battling Christmas Crankiness Rev. Amy Ziettlow 2011
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Nog stepped over a groaning body that was slumped at his feet, just as the door to the neck section opened, and two Ferengi did double-takes in the doorway.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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But they went right down to the glass during warmups and made their presence known, and JFK told me that they definitely got double-takes from Alex Ovechkin, Brooks Laich, Mike Knuble and others.
The guys in presidents' masks at the Caps game Dan Steinberg 2011
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Shoppers made double-takes and pulled out their smart phones to snap a picture.
Rev. Amy Ziettlow: Battling Christmas Crankiness Rev. Amy Ziettlow 2011
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The austerity approach pushed in this letter has already shattered investor confidence in the US economy, driving down the stock markets and making them surge up and down like the paroxysmal double-takes of a vaudeville clown.
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The austerity approach pushed in this letter has already shattered investor confidence in the US economy, driving down the stock markets and making them surge up and down like the paroxysmal double-takes of a vaudeville clown.
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National Parks Service as part of its Civil War sesquicentennial observance, featured Lincoln impersonator Fritz Klein, who looked so authentic it's no wonder he drew double-takes.
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But for longtime observers of the rivalry between Verizon and cable providers, the companies' marketing moves in past weeks may have prompted some double-takes.
Verizon Crosses Web Lines Anton Troianovski 2012
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