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Examples
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Narrow as was the passage, and anchored as she was in the shoalest place that gave room to swing, the Willi-Waw's chain rode up-and-down a clean hundred feet.
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It was not the Willi-Waw, however, and Captain Ward, on the Wonder, putting down his glasses, named it the Kauri.
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He heard the frightened cry of the mate, and was grinding the wheel down with all his might, when the Willi-Waw struck.
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The Willi-Waw lay in the passage between the shore-reef and the outer-reef.
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The squall held at its high pitch, and under her small canvas the Willi-Waw still foamed along.
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Grinding and crunching, the Willi-Waw worked itself clear over the shoal patch and came solidly to rest in the comparatively smooth and shallow channel beyond.
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Griffiths considered the changed relation of Amboy Point to the Willi-Waw's course.
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The wind screamed a higher note, and every shroud and stay sharply chorused an answer as the Willi-Waw pressed farther over and down.
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The Willi-Waw was tearing through the water with a bone in her teeth, for the breath of the passing squall was still strong.
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The Law Waw people know this species as myuk na tok te and the Lisu people know it as mey nwoah.
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