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  • In a perfect world, the post would never have been putup.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Strong Words on Sotomayor: 2009

  • Moveon putup up a needlessly confrontational ad - all they did was supply the ringwing nuts ammo to use against those of us in the anti-war movement.

    Edwards: I Would Have Voted Against Resolution Condemning MoveOn 2009

  • If you think that I've not been evenhanded in this, identify offending posts to me and I'll deal with them rather than putup with this sort of exchange

    Does Hansen's Error "Matter"? « Climate Audit 2007

  • The undertaker, who had just putup the shutters of his shop, was making some entries in his day – book by the light of a most appropriate dismal candle, when Mr. Bumble entered.

    Oliver Twist 2007

  • After all they put trees on the boulevard, flower pots on poles, they buy little hats and t-shirts with the names on them, they putup banners and signs advertising themselves and we all get to finance this wonderful use of tax payer money.

    There's a Bad Moon Rising 2006

  • I live in a deed restricted community in Florida and my neighbors just about flipped out when I putup a clothesline.

    Another Small Step Toward Self Sufficiency Herrick Kimball 2005

  • The weapons officer looked like he was going to putup a fight.

    Starfleet Year One Michael Jan Friedman 2002

  • The ANC calls on the Metro Mayor to mobilise all forces and putup a strong fight against crime to make our city a Crime Free

    METRO MAYOR'S DRUNKEN DRIVER 1996

  • The ANC calls on the Metro Mayor to mobilise all forces and putup a strong fight against crime to make our city a Crime Free

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • The doctor's manner of cold detachment from the rest of the Europeans led Sotillo on, till, from conjecture to conjecture, he arrived at hinting that in his opinion this was a putup job on the part of Charles Gould, in order to get hold of that immense treasure all to himself.

    Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard Joseph Conrad 1890

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