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Examples
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Shifting constantly between present and a variety of pasts, it is as wistful as a flick-through of an old photo album, as melancholy as a rain-spattered northern autumn afternoon.
Eastern Reproaches Andrew Stuttaford 2011
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At a table in a musty café in downtown Albany, Mr. Tilly squints through a rain-spattered window to see the brick apartment building across the street that Mr. Julien wants to buy.
Banker Darts Around Loan Gridlock Robin Sidel 2011
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The flock of white pelicans glides on the lake, weaving dream-like designs in the rain-spattered ripples as they bow in unison to their fish brethren.
William Horden: The Short Path Of Sudden Enlightenment William Horden 2011
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In Venice, Louisiana, a rain-spattered President Obama told reporters his administration has launched a "relentless response" to the spill, but said the problem might not be solved for "many days."
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The flock of white pelicans glides on the lake, weaving dream-like designs in the rain-spattered ripples as they bow in unison to their fish brethren.
William Horden: The Short Path Of Sudden Enlightenment William Horden 2011
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Al-Yamani peered through the rain-spattered windshield and waited for the wiper blade to come around and give him a glimpse of what lay ahead.
Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010
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Al-Yamani peered through the rain-spattered windshield and waited for the wiper blade to come around and give him a glimpse of what lay ahead.
Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010
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I wished her useful dreams, and sat on my Scottish mountainside in the rain-spattered Land Rover realising how little I knew, and how much I relied on Tobe and Margaret and Young (or Uttley) for answers to questions I hadn't the knowledge to ask.
They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff Josh Spilker 2010
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Al-Yamani peered through the rain-spattered windshield and waited for the wiper blade to come around and give him a glimpse of what lay ahead.
Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010
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Al-Yamani peered through the rain-spattered windshield and waited for the wiper blade to come around and give him a glimpse of what lay ahead.
Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010
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