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There are just mountains of garbage and dust-clouds for an extended and sublime wordless introduction the world of Wall·E, until two curious things happen.
Row Three » R3view: Wall-E - Where Cinema is more than just $100 Million productions 2008
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The bang and dust-clouds of our tulips perturbed it.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003
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But out into it he must, to drive through dust-clouds so opaque that one could only draw rein till they subsided, meanwhile holloaing off collisions.
Australia Felix 2003
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As they neared the coast they wondered if this could be another uninhabited land, for no human beings could be distinguished, and yet that something was stirring became evident, for in the dust-clouds that moved near the ground small dark forms were dimly visible.
The Green Fairy Book 2003
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The present is my preparation for death, the past is a cupboard full of memories which sadden me, and the future is obscured with whirlwind dust-clouds through which my eyes cannot see.
Jacob's Ladder Mackay, Colin 2003
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Mists swirled in the sphere, resolving themselves into billowing dust-clouds through which black figures rushed unrecognizably; steel glinted like lightning in the murk.
The Bloody Crown Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003
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A few huge drops pattered upon the plain and sank into its thirsty entrails; all the rest was thunder and lightning, dust-clouds and whirlwind.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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Mists swirled in the sphere, resolving themselves into billowing dust-clouds through which black figures rushed unrecognizably; steel glinted like lightning in the murk.
The Bloody Crown of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003
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All this was done in dreadful haste, and before the last ship was loaded the lookouts on the roof of the palace shouted the warning that the dust-clouds of the Hyksos chariots were in sight.
River God Smith, Wilbur, 1933- 1993
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According to our informants, the dust-clouds that hung over this strange fleet were so tall as to obscure their numbers and to strike terror into any army that watched their advance.
River God Smith, Wilbur, 1933- 1993
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