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  • One shot kill a little high and a little back, from the shoulder,

    Our Most Popular Big-Game Rounds 2010

  • One shot kill a little high and a little back, from the shoulder,

    Our Most Popular Big-Game Rounds 2010

  • It wore the -cothornoi-, a form of high platformlike boots, a long robe padded in such a way as to suggest an incredible breadth of shoulder,

    Cinnamon Roll 2010

  •   She says something else, but I'm not listening, I'm running towards the Red Line while screaming over my shoulder,

    Clipboard Cutie 2009

  • The broken pillar of the wing jags from the clotted shoulder,

    Albloggerque johnny_mango 2005

  • After missing the last two weeks with a strained right shoulder,

    USATODAY.com 2005

  • She looked all round the room in a glaring manner, and then said, leaning on me while her hand twitched my shoulder,

    Great Expectations 2007

  • ‘The devil!’ cried the driver, looking over his shoulder,

    Dombey and Son 2007

  • “I say,” says he, looking round sharply over his shoulder,

    A House to Let 2007

  • ‘My dear fellow!’ cried Tigg, clapping him on the shoulder,

    The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit 2006

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