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  • In summer, a roll-on roll-off ferry makes the short crossing to Claonaig in Kintyre.

    Freewheeling Around Europe 2011

  • Efficient and relatively clean Dumpsters, roll-off containers, and off-site options were replacing overflowing, fifty-five-gallon drums and back rooms filled with cardboard boxes of putrid garbage awaiting pickup.

    Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011

  • Efficient and relatively clean Dumpsters, roll-off containers, and off-site options were replacing overflowing, fifty-five-gallon drums and back rooms filled with cardboard boxes of putrid garbage awaiting pickup.

    Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011

  • Because the roll-off of assets from the Fed's balance sheet is variable and depends on mortgage markets, some analysts think the Fed will opt for sales and purchases to provide regularity and predictability.

    Fed set to give economy therapy, not shock treatment Reuters 2011

  • Efficient and relatively clean Dumpsters, roll-off containers, and off-site options were replacing overflowing, fifty-five-gallon drums and back rooms filled with cardboard boxes of putrid garbage awaiting pickup.

    Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011

  • Efficient and relatively clean Dumpsters, roll-off containers, and off-site options were replacing overflowing, fifty-five-gallon drums and back rooms filled with cardboard boxes of putrid garbage awaiting pickup.

    Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011

  • On paper, at least, Americans tend to abstain from races with candidates they've never heard of; fewer votes get cast farther down the ballot — a pattern called "roll-off."

    E-Voting Issues in South Carolina 2010

  • The Greene race came after the one for education superintendent, but the roll-off was just 10percent — low, say political analysts, for a race in which the better-known candidate had a 4percent favorable rating.

    E-Voting Issues in South Carolina 2010

  • It is also seeking "licensed operators of dump trucks, tractor trailers, and roll-on roll-off trucks," the department said in a statement.

    Budget Cuts Seen Slowing Cleanup Michael Howard Saul 2010

  • Sandbags can be picked up from the roll-off box at the DPW site at New Jersey Avenue and K Street Southeast (on the New Jersey Avenue side on the back lower level).

    D.C. DPW makes sandbags available 2010

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