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That grounded attitude, along with a powerful voice, gut-busting tunes, sonic dual blasts of guitar and a lot of hard work and nonstop touring, will likely keep their luck from running out.
Michael Bialas: When Playing Favorites, Grace Potter Always Bets On Red Rocks Michael Bialas 2011
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Honestly, while I don't imagine that skit would have been gut-busting or anything, I also think it seems too unfocused to really translate as a direct dig at James Cameron or his work.
Sacha Baron Cohen’s Avatar Sketch Cut from the Oscars to Spare James Cameron’s Feelings | /Film 2010
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The 96. 8-mile (155. 8-kilometer) final stage from Rancho Bernardo to Escondido featured a gut-busting ride up snowcapped Palomar Mountain, where the cyclists reached the 5,123-foot (1561-meter) level on a two-lane highway with 21 switchbacks.
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Yet as already discussed, the 90s thought the action trend would never die and hence kept casting Arnold and Sly in a series of gut-busting adventure pics that consistently underperformed compared to the previous offering.
Top 10 Things Movies Taught Us In the 1990s » Scene-Stealers 2010
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While his creation of two hit TV shows — "The Office" and "Extras" — and long history as a stand-up comic isn't proof that he'll do a gut-busting job, his appearances at other awards show are.
Ricky Gervais Hosting The Golden Globes: How Did It Happen? » MTV Movies Blog 2010
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On the 28th, there was a gut-busting editorial, headlined "Farewell, Farewell!", that led with something or other by the Damoclesian sword having fallen and moved on to Jubal Early and the British invasion of 1814..
50 years ago, the Senators left and arrived Dan Steinberg 2010
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In a nod to the depth and breadth and difficulty facing anyone who would take on health care issues, Senator Orrin Hatch called the job Mr. Daschle wants to take on “a gut-busting job.”
Live Blog: Daschle Returns to the Senate - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Innocent marital coitus is transformed into 80s amateur porn, hot dogs get upgraded into lobster tails, nights out to dinner evolve into gut-busting flesh carnivals, and low-speed family cruises on the lake turn into high-speed water-skiing trials.
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In a nod to the depth and breadth and difficulty facing anyone who would take on health care issues, Senator Orrin Hatch called the job Mr. Daschle wants to take on “a gut-busting job.”
Live Blog: Daschle Returns to the Senate - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Frankenstein-esque comparisons about humans and the limits of technology are squandered for gut-busting ridiculous high-horse scenes about diamonds.
Top 10 Unintentional Comedies of the 90s » Scene-Stealers 2009
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