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  • Payton asked, a piece of hair sticking out at a thirty-degree angle from her head.

    Times Squared Julia DeVillers 2011

  • Because the second bullet entered at a thirty-degree angle, it did not make exit but instead ricocheted round and round inside the skull, plowing through lots of tissue.

    Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011

  • Payton asked, a piece of hair sticking out at a thirty-degree angle from her head.

    Times Squared Julia DeVillers 2011

  • Because the second bullet entered at a thirty-degree angle, it did not make exit but instead ricocheted round and round inside the skull, plowing through lots of tissue.

    Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011

  • The winds picked up, whipping about, making the thirty-degree air feel like it was fifteen.

    The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

  • He wanted to step forward a bit to take some of the pressure from his lower back, but he was at a perfect thirty-degree angle and knew that if he moved, he could send both of them tumbling to the ground.

    Respect The Jux Frank C. Matthews 2010

  • The grenades detonated—a huge blast at the base of the tower—and a second later, the great tower fell, tipping over from its blasted-open base like a slow-falling tree, falling away from the dock and across the void left by Rapier, landing with a colossal bang up against the second tower, coming to rest at a precarious thirty-degree angle, awkwardly bridging the gap.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • The winds picked up, whipping about, making the thirty-degree air feel like it was fifteen.

    The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

  • The grenades detonated—a huge blast at the base of the tower—and a second later, the great tower fell, tipping over from its blasted-open base like a slow-falling tree, falling away from the dock and across the void left by Rapier, landing with a colossal bang up against the second tower, coming to rest at a precarious thirty-degree angle, awkwardly bridging the gap.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • The winds picked up, whipping about, making the thirty-degree air feel like it was fifteen.

    The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

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