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Examples
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They promised me I could take your team out to a watchpost when this is finisfusd" "He jerked his head at the Feds.
Dreamfall Vinge, Joan D. 1996
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Fierral can build a permanent watchpost on top of the ridge, with another warning triangle.
Fall of Angels Modesitt, L. E. 1996
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Yet it had never occurred to the enemy either to occupy or to dynamite such a watchpost.
The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989
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I did as he suggested, venturing back out to my lonely watchpost.
The Black Company Cook, Glen 1984
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It was what you'd expect at the end of this long a communications line: a watchpost, a depot, a first-stage receiving station for reports from border-planet agents like Rax.
A Circus of Hells Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1969
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David Beers of S&P, for example, has been at his government watchpost for two decades.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Brian Milner 2011
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July 2 to establish a security watchpost overlooking the town; when they arrived, they found the town deserted of civilians and came under fire from suspected Taliban militants ensconced in the surrounding hills.
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July 2 to establish a security watchpost overlooking the town; when they arrived, they found the town deserted of civilians and came under fire from suspected Taliban militants ensconced in the surrounding hills.
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July 2 to establish a security watchpost overlooking the town; when they arrived, they found the town deserted of civilians and came under fire from suspected Taliban militants ensconced in the surrounding hills.
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July 2 to establish a security watchpost overlooking the town; when they arrived, they found the town deserted of civilians and came under fire from suspected Taliban militants ensconced in the surrounding hills.
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