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- verb Present participle of
bestride .
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This exciting project allows the company bestriding the top of this wall to serve any number of noble goals and purposes.
Peter Schwartz: Black Swan Imbroglio: The Crisis of Journalism and Control of the Stack Peter Schwartz 2010
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This exciting project allows the company bestriding the top of this wall to serve any number of noble goals and purposes.
Peter Schwartz: Black Swan Imbroglio: The Crisis of Journalism and Control of the Stack Peter Schwartz 2010
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And Selpa scolded me to sleep, and in the morning woke me with her chatter, ever declaiming against my madness, ever pronouncing her claim upon me and the claims of our children, till in the end I grew weary, and forsook my far vision, and said never again would I dream of bestriding the wild horse to fly swift as its feet and the wind across the sands and the grass lands.
Chapter 21 2010
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Gilad Sharon has his colossus of a father bestriding a stage on which he is the only major actor; as we follow him through his life—the hard-working farm boy, the dashing warrior, the brilliant general, the far-seeing statesman—the rest of the world exists mainly in order to be divided into those who appreciated his worth and those who didn't.
The Line Between Bold and Reckless Hillel Halkin 2011
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Most show Obama as a world leader, bestriding the global stage – towering over Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel in one, clinking beers with David Cameron in another.
Barack Obama's down but not out Jonathan Freedland 2010
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In her eyes I saw the eyes of Igar when I was Ushu the archer, the eyes of Arunga when I was the rice-harvester, the eyes of Selpa when I dreamed of bestriding the stallion, the eyes of
Chapter 21 2010
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This exciting project allows the company bestriding the top of this wall to serve any number of noble goals and purposes.
Peter Schwartz: Black Swan Imbroglio: The Crisis of Journalism and Control of the Stack Peter Schwartz 2010
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The model looks like a subway or light-rail train bestriding the road.
3D Express Coach (PICTURES): China Plans Huge Buses That Can DRIVE OVER Cars 2010
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The model looks like a subway or light-rail train bestriding the road.
3D Express Coach (PICTURES): China Plans Huge Buses That Can DRIVE OVER Cars 2010
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Alas, the perfect actor to play Gen. Black in the film version of this book is dead: I can see David Niven bestriding the ruins of the Pan-Polaric empire as clearly as I see Beyonce as Justa!
Archive 2008-04-01 Lou Anders 2008
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