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  • He designed the invention as a marksman's aid when live pigeons were still used for target practice.

    Trying to Build a Better Mousetrap Rachel Wolff 2011

  • Still, there I was, riding as straight as a well-hydrated marksman's urine stream, when I heard those annoying words and a fixed-gear rider darted in front of me.

    Barefoot in the Park: Keeping Up Appearances BikeSnobNYC 2010

  • Yancey's possible blood ties to the "Defender of the Constitution and the Union," buried more than a thousand miles away in the North, would not, however, deflect a single jumpy, trigger-happy Northern marksman's bullet from the riders 'heads.

    'The Bonfire' 2009

  • The Poet is like this monarch of the clouds riding the storm above the marksman's range;

    Coming and Going: Taking Liberties and Taking Leave BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • IN THE SNAPSHOT, THE SOLDIER STRIKES a classic marksman's pose, although he stands no more than 10 feet from the woman.

    Why Did They Do It? 2008

  • The blade scraped a rib, then plunged deep into the marksman's chest.

    And Other Tales Of Valdemar Lackey, Mercedes 1997

  • I slammed down on my belly on the marksman's windowsill, half in and half out, legs dangling.

    And Other Tales Of Valdemar Lackey, Mercedes 1997

  • A black man in the NP crowd drew a gun and, taking a two-handed marksman's stance, emptied the magazine into the ANC ranks.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • She stayed in her marksman's position until she was certain the punks would not return, then she replaced the gun in her pocketbook but did not withdraw her hand.

    Black Blade Lustbader, Eric Van 1992

  • He could almost feel Sal's forefinger tightening on the trigger, the marksman's eye staring at him through the magnifying lens of the scope.

    Floating City Lustbader, Eric 1990

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