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  • Rather, the dermis has little fingerlike projections that poke up into the epidermis, kind of like a foam "eggcrate" mattress; pink in this picture:

    How Skin Heals 1 Dinosaur 2008

  • Rather, the dermis has little fingerlike projections that poke up into the epidermis, kind of like a foam "eggcrate" mattress; pink in this picture:

    Archive 2008-11-01 1 Dinosaur 2008

  • Am I the only one to notice the nasty, non-recyclable, environment killing, styrofoam eggcrate, and all of the other bigbox imported food products?

    Caught On Video! Edwards Advisers Trying To Raise Some Dough 2009

  • Summerbell roof, in which the truss construction is replaced by an “eggcrate” style interconnecting series of 2 X materials, which forms the support for the sheathing.

    Reciprocal Roof Frame Building: How-To, Materials, and Supplies 2008

  • I lay face down on this crap and I feel like I'm laying down on a cheap, flimsy eggcrate thing with a blanket thrown over me.

    unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2001

  • Not that I've ever seen a gay porn video, but I would imagine they start with guys getting ass massages and laying face down on an eggcrate mattress, moaning seductively.

    unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2001

  • The mattress has that "eggcrate-shape" thing on it that was all the rage back in the 80s ... but on the tip of each eggcrate thing is a magnet that's supposed to "rejuvenate" you.

    unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2001

  • The clean eggcrate grille of the '71-'72 is hard to beat for its classic good looks; maybe the best looking truck ever.

    The Truth About Cars Paul Niedermeyer 2010

  • The most obvious external changes are a nose job that brings with it an eggcrate grille shaped more like the one on its bigger

    Autoblog 2010

  • Copying the examples in the vertigo paper, consider an eggcrate height field that whose definition in Bling has a simple structure similar to sphere:

    MSDN Blogs 2009

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