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"Pre-sale tickets for this show are available NOW at Ticketweb and the password is 'barbedwire'."
This Is Fake DIY 2009
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And while we wait, let the “shovel ready” projects of the new stimulus package include the construction of a barbedwire concentration camp large enough to house all of these reptiles. abraham
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Sometimes the nasty tangle of a barbedwire gate interrupts the hiking.
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Sometimes the nasty tangle of a barbedwire gate interrupts the hiking.
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She was dragged for nearly two miles as her assailants swerved into a barbedwire fence in an apparent attempt to dislodge her.
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The absence of barbedwire fences and watchtowers was a welcome change.
i will plant you a lilac tree LAURA HILLMAN 2003
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The absence of barbedwire fences and watchtowers was a welcome change.
i will plant you a lilac tree LAURA HILLMAN 2003
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A barbedwire fence, a thousand yards from its base in all directions, held back the crowds.
The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967
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A barbedwire fence, a thousand yards from its base in all directions, held back the crowds.
The Man Who Sold The Moon Heinlein, Robert A. 1953
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Joe trudged to the barbedwire enclosure around the officers 'quarters area, and explained to the sentry there where he wanted to go.
Space Platform Leinster, Murray, 1896- 1953
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