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  • The ceiling is an organic formation of 40-millimeter crystals representing a body of water about to project onto the ground and the sudden character of nature.

    The Greenhouse Nightclub Interior by bluarch Architecture 2009

  • It comes in two limited-edition models — each with 100 pieces made — and features a 40-millimeter round case in either 18 karat white gold with a black alligator leather strap, or rose gold with a brown strap.

    The Ultimate Expert Gift Guide 2010

  • Journe did the same thing with two autonomous watches humming sympathetically to one another in a 40-millimeter case.

    The Journe Identity Joshua Levine 2010

  • Lesner pulled out a pellet-shaped 40-millimeter grenade and dropped it down the tube of his grenade launcher.

    As U.S. troops leave Iraq, an officer honors the memory of a young interpreter Blake Hall 2010

  • He has a 40-millimeter Exact Impact Round, and then he has a 38-caliber revolver as his personal defense.

    Folsom Embodies California's Prison Blues 2009

  • The paperweight, a 40-millimeter artillery shell he'd found years ago while hunting, exploded in the classroom, nearly severing his hand and giving him "severe burns and minor shrapnel wounds to his forearms and torso."

    Boing Boing: April 2, 2006 - April 8, 2006 Archives 2006

  • UNIDENTIFIED MALE: With the team pinned down Sergeant Dryer directed 40-millimeter gunfire (INAUDIBLE) against the cave complex annihilating the cave and its inhabitants.

    CNN Transcript May 26, 2008 2008

  • The 5-inch guns, along with the batteries of 40-millimeter and 20-millimeter guns in tubs up and down the ship, were primarily useful for air defense or shooting up small craft.

    Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006

  • The 5-inch guns, along with the batteries of 40-millimeter and 20-millimeter guns in tubs up and down the ship, were primarily useful for air defense or shooting up small craft.

    Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006

  • It's got continuous visibility over the ground, got a 105-millimeter cannon, 40-millimeter guns, 25 - millimeter gun, very heavy power firepower.

    CNN Transcript Mar 21, 2003 2003

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