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Winter harrows the land, harrowing winds dump hurricane sugar on highlands like croppings of snow.
The light that draws the flower James Greer 2011
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I have always just dragged the deer out, hunt in the VA mtns, thinking about this year going with the quartering technique to maybe put less strain on my body dragging the deer and lifing it over rock croppings and fallen down trees.
Has anyone had to drag or quarter and haul pieces of any Big Game animal over 1 mile? 2009
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Hiroshige's high viewpoints, abrupt croppings and keen interest in the changing seasons influenced Van Gogh, as well as Claude Monet and other artists of the era.
A Matter of Perspective Jonathan Lopez 2012
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I have always just dragged the deer out, hunt in the VA mtns, thinking about this year going with the quartering technique to maybe put less strain on my body dragging the deer and lifing it over rock croppings and fallen down trees.
Has anyone had to drag or quarter and haul pieces of any Big Game animal over 1 mile? 2009
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The body, wrote Clemens, “was in a sitting posture and leaning against a huge mass of croppings; the attitude was pensive, the right thumb resting against the side of the nose; the left thumb partially supported the chin, the forefinger pressing the inner corner of the left eye and drawing it partly open; the right eye was closed, and the fingers of the right hand spread apart.”
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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The body, wrote Clemens, “was in a sitting posture and leaning against a huge mass of croppings; the attitude was pensive, the right thumb resting against the side of the nose; the left thumb partially supported the chin, the forefinger pressing the inner corner of the left eye and drawing it partly open; the right eye was closed, and the fingers of the right hand spread apart.”
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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His final vantage point was a hundred yards higher than the flat ridge that held the alector's complex, but both were actually out-croppings on a larger underlying ridge.
Soarer's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006
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It is -- it ` s got a lot of ice croppings, and folks who like to climb ice or are training for a big mountain like Everest would hit this in the wintertime.
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The snow became patchy in places, and croppings of rock and gray grass began giving the ground texture, like the dappling on a white whale.
Orphans of Chaos 2005
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The victims let their garments fall to their waists, and each holds in his left hand a lacquered tray to receive the croppings.
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004
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