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  • The Georgia Supreme Court rejected petitioner's "actual-innocence" claim on the merits, denying his extraor-dinary motion for a new trial.

    Wanted for Murder: Antonin Scalia 2009

  • Several more or-dinary-looking padds sal on the table in front of him.

    Demons Of Air And Darkness DeCandido, Keith R. A. 2001

  • The Internet holds enormous commercial potential and brings extraor-dinary opportunities directly into homes and workplaces across the United States and around the world.

    Proclamation On World Trade Week Clinton, Bill, 1946- 2000

  • O. W.L.s were O.dinary Wizarding Levels, the examinations Hogwarts students took at the age of fifteen.

    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rowling, J. K. 2000

  • While Silvanoshei dined on elven delicaces off plates of gold and drank sparkling wine from goblets of crystal, and while Galdar munched on dried peas as he marched, Tas and Gerard ate their customary boring and tasteless meal of flatbread and dried beef washed down with nothing more interesting than plain, or - dinary water.

    Dragons of a Fallen Sun Weis, Margaret 2000

  • Nothing caught his eye, nothing out of the or - dinary, and yet the silence hung and all his senses re - sponded to it.

    The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990

  • Nothing caught his eye, nothing out of the or - dinary, and yet the silence hung and all his senses re - sponded to it.

    The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990

  • Nothing caught his eye, nothing out of the or - dinary, and yet the silence hung and all his senses re - sponded to it.

    The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990

  • The Adepts were taking an extraor - dinary step, having a physical presence near him, pro - tected by their magic, so it had to be worth his trouble to find out why.

    Robot Adept Anthony, Piers 1988

  • I know it's an extraor - dinary suggestion, but this is an extraordinary situation.

    True Names Vinge, Vernor 1984

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