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Examples
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Quite impressive that you were able to review an 8-hour mini-series from a 3-minute trailer.
'The Prisoner' trailer: Ian McKellen makes it all better | EW.com 2009
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Second and third generation coal miners from Craig and northwestern Colorado made the 8-hour round-trip to the Denver hearing to protest the potential loss of good-paying coal-industry jobs that would result from a transition to natural gas or renewable energy.
Michele Swenson: The Urgency of Toxic Coal Ash Regulation and the Move to Clean Energy Michele Swenson 2010
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Most women could rack up 8-hour days of bicep curls and never achieve the kind of strength and tone she has.
Leslie Goldman: Stars: Diet-Obsessed, Just Like US! Leslie Goldman 2011
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My ideal hours would be sleeping from 4am-midday, working from 2pm-10pm [assuming an 8-hour working day], and then futzing around between 10pm & 4am.
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The Beatles were such excellent musicians because, in Hamburg, they played seven days a week, often in 8-hour stretches.
Rice and math frankwu 2009
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Women holding babies then walked down a ramp, while others held the hands of children as they stepped off the ship after 8-hour voyage across the choppy Mediterranean Sea.
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Quite a read and my eyes could use an 8-hour break from page or screen at this point.
Natural wines, premox, chenin blanc, 07 Port and Rhone – John Gilman | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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Welner's assessment of Khadr was made on the basis of a 7 - to 8-hour court-ordered interview with him and interviews with 20 other people.
Jennifer Turner: Government Witness Claims Gitmo Radicalized Child Soldier Jennifer Turner 2010
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If you figure an 8-hour day, Matt is raking in a cool $7.38 an hour.
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The weekend, along with the 8-hour day, rest breaks, decent wages and working conditions were gained only over decades, and at great human cost.
David Morris: When Unions are Strong, Americans Enjoy the Fruits of Their Labor David Morris 2011
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