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  • Sharon walked the close-coupled bay horse, a Latigo brand burned on its hip, through a grove of aspen trees growing on the north slope below the ridgeline.

    Western Man Janet Dailey 2011

  • Sharon walked the close-coupled bay horse, a Latigo brand burned on its hip, through a grove of aspen trees growing on the north slope below the ridgeline.

    Western Man Janet Dailey 2011

  • Have we really close-coupled everything so tightly that a cumulative balance sheet hole on the order of magnitude of a 1% move on the stock market can bring down the whole financial system?

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Final Thoughts on the Bailout (I Still Don’t Like It) 2008

  • Have we really close-coupled everything so tightly that a cumulative balance sheet hole on the order of magnitude of a 1% move on the stock market can bring down the whole financial system?

    Coyote Blog » 2008 » September 2008

  • Mice and rats are a lot more close-coupled than cats.

    Clarity Steven Barnes 2008

  • The predominance and availability of the small close-coupled centrifugal pump/motor units, in loan packages that do not reflect the full capital costs, has worked against the introduction of lower cost options such as the treadle pump.

    Water profile of Nigeria 2008

  • So many that they could have two bunches: bacon pigs, thin of leg and long of side; and ham pigs, close-coupled and stout, with their bellies swinging against the ground.

    Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003

  • So many that they could have two bunches: bacon pigs, thin of leg and long of side; and ham pigs, close-coupled and stout, with their bellies swinging against the ground.

    Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997

  • He climbed into his immaculate 1932 close-coupled Buick sedan and started it up.

    Fall On Your Knees Macdonald Ann-Marie 1996

  • He climbed into his immaculate 1932 close-coupled Buick sedan and started it up.

    Fall On Your Knees Macdonald Ann-Marie 1996

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