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  • Malasig/EPA A shopping-bag kite took flight in Manila Friday as strong winds arrived ahead of the typhoon bearing down on the country's north coast.

    Typhoon Nanmadol Heads for China 2011

  • They can also close all the fingers and the thumb around an object, like a drink can or a shopping-bag handle.

    The Wall Street Journal 2009 Technology Innovation Awards Michael Totty 2009

  • "The recent downturn in the market and the new emphasis on recycling may crimp the shopping-bag phenomenon," she says.

    Bagging Holiday Shoppers 2008

  • The cat is out of the shopping-bag and everything must GO!!

    Rick Overton: Right-Flight Fire Sale 2008

  • WIRED: Alarm system; blinker deactivates automatically when you come out of a turn; ample under-seat storage; shopping-bag hook above glove box.

    Test: Freeway-Legal Scooters, Top HD Tuners, Tricked-Out Travel Mugs 2007

  • He was carrying a press-kit for the upcoming concert — actually a large shopping-bag full of tapes, CDs, and other promotional items — a press pass that would get him through the gate and backstage on Friday, and half a dozen tickets to give to his friends.

    Music to My Sorrow Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • He was carrying a press-kit for the upcoming concert-actually a large shopping-bag full of tapes, CDs, and other promotional items-a press pass that would get him through the gate and backstage on Friday, and half a dozen tickets to give to his friends.

    Music To My Sorrow Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • Down-stairs she opened the big front door, closed it carefully behind her, and feeling oddly happy and exuberant stepped off the porch into the moonlight, swinging her heavy grip like a shopping-bag.

    Flappers and Philosophers 2003

  • It seemed lost in the depths of her shabby old shopping-bag.

    The Awakening 2000

  • The wallpaper had been pink at one time but now it was worn down to shopping-bag brown.

    Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned Walter Mosley 1998

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