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Uncharacteristic for the class, the engine can sound raspy when revved high.
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Uncharacteristic as it is for him, Former Vice President Dick Cheney praised the U.S. drone strike that killed al-Awlaki and President Obama's decision to carry it out:
Dorian de Wind: The Anwar al-Awlaki Killing: Cheney's Bluster vs. Obama's Deeds Dorian de Wind 2011
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Uncharacteristic as it is for him, Former Vice President Dick Cheney praised the U.S. drone strike that killed al-Awlaki and President Obama's decision to carry it out:
Dorian de Wind: The Anwar al-Awlaki Killing: Cheney's Bluster vs. Obama's Deeds Dorian de Wind 2011
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Uncharacteristic drops from Michael Crabtree on consecutive plays – both of them eminently catchable balls and both near the first down marker – kill the drive, and on third and 10 Smith is sacked.
New Orleans Saints 32 San Francisco 49ers 36 - as it happened | Paolo Bandini 2012
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✒ Uncharacteristic reticence from George Galloway, who has declined an invitation to appear on the BBC World Service this evening because he claims he would be "genuinely afraid" to be in the presence of its presenter, John Sweeney.
Diary 2010
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Uncharacteristic for the class, the engine can sound raspy when revved high.
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Uncharacteristic language, Elaine, for any president when talking about the economy last night.
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Uncharacteristic bipartisanship: Bush took on the risk of building a bipartisan congressional coalition in support of education reform.
Bush's Education Reforms Falter Oxford Analytica 2006
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Uncharacteristic of a flight headed out of a combat theater, there was no laughing or joking.
The Blog of War Matthew Currier Burden 2006
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Uncharacteristic bursts of temper surprised her — he would suddenly unroll a long scroll of contempt for some person, race, class, way of life, way of thinking.
Tender is the Night 2003
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