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  • Most of the private rooms and the hallways that wound among the boles of the trees were car - peted with fragrant plants.

    Dragons of a Fallen Sun Weis, Margaret 2000

  • Tori ex-peted the two men to shake hands as a matter of form, but Jesse's impersonal nod made it clear he had no intention of touching Burton.

    A Man Called Jesse Casper, K. N. 1998

  • Cuthbert hurried away, boots rattling on the loose stone which car-peted the floor of the canyon.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

  • He experi - enced an almost sexual pitch of excitement as he com - peted, riding a really good animal.

    Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980

  • He experi - enced an almost sexual pitch of excitement as he com - peted, riding a really good animal.

    Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980

  • A chill air was in the corridor, that smelled like a cellar underground, and as their footsteps sounded reverberant upon the flags uncar-peted, Doom

    Doom Castle Neil Munro

  • He and four other Montana teens com-peted for the honor this week in Helena.

    billingsgazette.com 2009

  • He and four other Montana teens com-peted for the honor this week in Helena.

    billingsgazette.com 2009

  • It was on a perfectly smooth plain, car - peted with the richest verdure, which sank away into the cypress swamps a few miles back from the river.

    De la philosophie de la nature 1770

  • I'll \expndtw0 tell you about a famous grouse race where two men com\expndtw1 peted to see who could get the first brace of grouse of the \expndtw2 season to London first and how it led to murder. "\cf0\expndtw0\par

    Poem About Never Growing Up Ryan McDermott 2010

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