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But after parking and walking a long narrow stone path, we come to the heart of this village, perched on the edge of a lagoon that is ringed by jungle growth and chit palms with their fan-like fronds.
Hanal Pixan, Maya Day of the Dead in Pac Chen, Quintana Roo 2009
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This causes the incoming wave to pop up, creating fan-like shapes.
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 Dividing each bed there was a fan-like partition so that you couldn't see the person on the other side.
Kim Carillo: The Day Prince William's Pal Held My Husband's Hand and Other In-Flight Shockers Kim Carillo 2011
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But after parking and walking a long narrow stone path, we come to the heart of this village, perched on the edge of a lagoon that is ringed by jungle growth and chit palms with their fan-like fronds.
Hanal Pixan, Maya Day of the Dead in Pac Chen, Quintana Roo 2009
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Pac Chen isa tiny Maya village in Quintana Roo, perched on the edge of a lagoon that is ringed by jungle growth and chit palms with their fan-like fronds.
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Dividing each bed there was a fan-like partition so that you couldn't see the person on the other side.
Kim Carillo: The Day Prince William's Pal Held My Husband's Hand and Other In-Flight Shockers Kim Carillo 2011
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In the dusk the green-gold palms turn their star-like faces and stretch their fan-like fingers, lifting themselves proudly, lest any lordly leaf should know the taint of earth.
DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004
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Some imagery is sacred, including a fan-like whirling orb that stands for the wheel of life.
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He denounced fan-like patriotism as a "patent imbecility," that roots "for the death, damage, discomfort and destruction of the party of the second part."
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In fact, the whirring fan-like image in the lower-right corner gives us the feeling that that's just about the velocity at which Long's psyche spins.
ArtScene: Top Current Exhibitions in the Southwest (July/August, 2010) ArtScene 2010
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