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Nine-tenths of the strength he expended was in trying to hold himself steady.
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Nine-tenths of those additional last-minute applications were from women.
William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011
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Nine-tenths of those additional last-minute applications were from women.
William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011
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Nine-tenths of the rest rooms in this country are pigsties, and nowadays gas stations are putting in locks so you have to pay to use them.
From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor Jerry Della Femina 2010
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Nine-tenths of Macarthur's sales, meanwhile, consist of metallurgical coal, used for making steel.
Peabody Digs an Escape Tunnel Liam Denning 2010
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Nine-tenths of the planet's population remains human.
Larry Doyle's ÂGo, Mutants! and Meg Cabot's ÂInsatiable Elizabeth Hand 2010
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Nine-tenths of Macarthur's sales, meanwhile, consist of metallurgical coal, used for making steel.
Peabody Digs an Escape Tunnel Liam Denning 2010
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Nine-tenths of the rest rooms in this country are pigsties, and nowadays gas stations are putting in locks so you have to pay to use them.
From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor Jerry Della Femina 2010
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Nine-tenths of Macarthur's sales, meanwhile, consist of metallurgical coal, used for making steel.
Peabody Digs an Escape Tunnel Liam Denning 2010
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Nine-tenths of Macarthur's sales, meanwhile, consist of metallurgical coal, used for making steel.
Peabody Digs an Escape Tunnel Liam Denning 2010
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