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She followed it, and stopped, seeing it hovering above the shadowed bulk of a powerfully-built man.
red dust Ryn Cricket 2010
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Who knew that all it took was a decent production budget and a powerfully-built black guy?
New Old Spice “Odor Blocker” Commercials Help Me Learn To Love Again | Manolith 2010
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BORKMAN is of middle height, a well-knit, powerfully-built man, well on in the sixties.
John Gabriel Borkman 2008
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The special wall material and the gloves together offer enough grip for gecko-style adhesion – enough grip to hold the weight of a 200 pound powerfully-built Maori Full Back steady while he stretches.
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BORKMAN is of middle height, a well-knit, powerfully-built man, well on in the sixties.
John Gabriel Borkman 2008
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The powerfully-built point guard had his attitude questioned by coach Gary Williams this season as
USATODAY.com 2005
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A powerfully-built (6-3, nearly 270 pounds) right-hander known to reach 100 mph, he converted six of eight save chances during the regular season.
USATODAY.com - The bar for closers remains wherever Rivera sets it 2005
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The powerfully-built sophomore averaged 17.3 points and 9.1 rebounds while shooting a conference-best
USATODAY.com 2005
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He was a powerfully-built man, as I have said, with a fine forehead and rather heavy features; but his eyes had that odd drooping of the skin above the lids which often comes with advancing years, and the fall of his heavy mouth at the corners gave him an expression of pugnacious resolution.
The Island of Doctor Moreau Herbert George 2006
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After watching the bristle of Mr. Wolff, I had visions of the spokesman—an Army one-star general; 6'5, slender, but powerfully-built--walking over to his interlocuter and, all Worf-like, gleefully snapping his neck.
April 2006 2006
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