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  • In 1999 alone, Canadian; invested more than $5 billion in foreign RSP "clone" fund and purchased over $25 billion in foreign stocks, a stag gering outflow of capital.

    Annual Financial Forum 2000

  • They hope to buttress sales hurt by lin gering pessimism over job security, driven in part by Japanese exporters moving jobs overseas in response to the stronger yen.

    Japanese Splurge on Imports, Foreign Deals Yuka Hayashi 2010

  • You just put this cloth up, "she proposed, fin - gering the white sailcloth wrapped around a stout, rounded piece of wood that tapered at the ends," and then the boat goes where you point it, doesn't it?

    Stalling 2010

  • At least the man wasn't standing off by himself, lin-gering in the background, piercing everyone with his critical gaze.

    The Chronicles of Riddick Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

  • Steam was pouring off Riddick as he rose, stag-gering slightly.

    The Chronicles of Riddick Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

  • The shock of instant healing combined with lin-gering pain to snap Riddick back to consciousness.

    The Chronicles of Riddick Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

  • The deeper into this string of caves they got, the more the feeling of doom-whether lin-gering or impending she couldn't say-increased.

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • Men, with their swag-gering, belt-hitching names for themselves.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

  • There was no pain, no lin-gering side effects, no dreaded pounding.

    Mid Flinx Foster, Alan Dean 1995

  • But slowly it thick-ened, and the merchants, the drovers, the pickpock-ets and vendors took to the northern streets in. curiosity at what could possibly overcome the lin-gering smell of dead fish.

    The Dark Queen Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- 1994

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