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  • Nog, Voktra, and the Romulans were running back toward them from the edge of what looked like a forest, but was actually a thick layer of moss, with furry extrusions the size of fence-posts crammed together for kilometers.

    Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011

  • Nog, Voktra, and the Romulans were running back toward them from the edge of what looked like a forest, but was actually a thick layer of moss, with furry extrusions the size of fence-posts crammed together for kilometers.

    Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011

  • He serves with a frowning, almost comical concentration, as though he's hammering in fence-posts or bashing gophers at a fairground stall.

    Wimbledon 2010 live blog: 23 June Xan Brooks at Wimbledon 2010

  • Such aspects could well sit there, as fence-posts, waiting, as Tomrat says, for the future.

    All This Talk of the Civil Contingencies Act Dan Vevers 2009

  • Robert scrambled over to the other side of the room-like structure and felt along the side for the two crossed fence-posts.

    Wednesday Story: The Barn David Hadley 2009

  • Robert scrambled over to the other side of the room-like structure and felt along the side for the two crossed fence-posts.

    Archive 2009-09-01 David Hadley 2009

  • Meadow larks called from the tops of thin split fence-posts.

    Main Street 2004

  • A raven landed on one of the fence-posts with a squawk, its shiny eyes watching her.

    The Good House Tananarive Due 2003

  • There was no fence, and the remaining fence-posts, wrapped in vines and crabgrass, had probably been standing here since the Depression.

    The Good House Tananarive Due 2003

  • There, Rick saw a crooked configuration of three waist-high wooden fence-posts, blackened with age.

    The Good House Tananarive Due 2003

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