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- noun Alternative spelling of
semicircle .
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Examples
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We were seated in a semi-circle on the floor around the TV set, my whole family and my grandfather.
Charlie Carillo: Brooklyn, We Have a Problem Charlie Carillo 2011
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When the fight started everyone found a seat in a semi-circle around the huge living room to watch it.
Julio Pabon: Cotto's Revenge - Watching The Fight From A Party Julio Pabon 2011
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It has the longest single concrete arch in the Western Hemisphere, a semi-circle which echoes the graceful curve of the dam upstream.
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We were seated in a semi-circle on the floor around the TV set, my whole family and my grandfather.
Charlie Carillo: Brooklyn, We Have a Problem Charlie Carillo 2011
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It has the longest single concrete arch in the Western Hemisphere, a semi-circle which echoes the graceful curve of the dam upstream.
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That night, we sat on plastic chairs in a semi-circle in the gallery cafe, around two suitcases, a small table and a wardrobe.
Stewart Lee: The best performance I've ever seen Stewart Lee 2010
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Who else commands one of these semi-circle booths along the perimeter of the terrace?
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The Alps were an icy semi-circle of teeth that bit off Italy from the rest of Europe.
Richard Bangs: Naked in Brazil Richard Bangs 2010
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The other commonality was that each stood before us representing a different religion, their Jewish, Buddhist, Islamic, Sikh, Tongva, Christian, Bahai and Hindu leaders forming a semi-circle around them.
Jane Crockett: 10-Year-Olds Commemorate 10 Years Since 9/11 Jane Crockett 2011
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It has the longest single concrete arch in the Western Hemisphere, a semi-circle which echoes the graceful curve of the dam upstream.
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