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Proposition 23, the so-called "California Jobs Initiative" threatening to suspend some of California's unprecedented clean air and renewable energy legislation, is raking in millions of dollars from Texas oil companies and special interest groups in the Midwest that stand to profit from rolled-back environmental regulation.
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The horse stood with drooping head and heaving sides, steaming into the air sharpened with frost, and dripping foam between rolled-back lips into the stones.
A River So Long 2010
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You'll mandate underpay in some places (imagine if Washington rolled-back to the federal minimum?), and overpay in others ...
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The rope-plugged nose gave way to the rolled-back odometer.
Business Bookshelf 2008
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A sunken face, swollen tongue and rolled-back eyes attested to a slow death by dehydration.
Thunder and Ashes Z.A. Recht 2008
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Goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin, who would have made a rolled-back $4.9 million in 2004-05, is an unrestricted free agent.
USATODAY.com - Teams aim for just the right fit for salary cap 2005
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Top 10 earners in 2005-06 under the NHL's rolled-back salary structure:
USATODAY.com - Teams aim for just the right fit for salary cap 2005
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If I had had my head turned I would have seen everything: the rolled-back eyes, the triangle-shaped teeth, the sandpaper-like skin, the pointy snout, the pulled-back gums.
Soul Surfer Bethany Hamilton 2004
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If I had had my head turned I would have seen everything: the rolled-back eyes, the triangle-shaped teeth, the sandpaper-like skin, the pointy snout, the pulled-back gums.
Soul Surfer Bethany Hamilton 2004
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"But, sir, " said the eldest son, wringing his hands and screwing up his forehead until it looked like the rolled-back lid of a sardine can, 'the horse.
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
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