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  • If you doubt it, wait for the moment when Grimes announces, elbow-deep in icky stuff, "We need more guts!"

    Roush Review: Zombie Terror Alert! 2010

  • Our projects have put me knee-deep in an alligator-infested marsh, elbow-deep in cat guts and waist-deep in trash on the most beautiful beaches in the world.

    Shannon Wentworth: Do a Little... A Lot Shannon Wentworth 2011

  • Our projects have put me knee-deep in an alligator-infested marsh, elbow-deep in cat guts and waist-deep in trash on the most beautiful beaches in the world.

    Shannon Wentworth: Do a Little... A Lot Shannon Wentworth 2011

  • Ivanka's collection, which she launched earlier this year, is licensed through Marc Fisher Footwear, so it's not like she's elbow-deep in the design process.

    Derek Lam: Ivanka Trump 'Perfectly Copied' My Shoe Design (PHOTOS) 2011

  • Our projects have put me knee-deep in an alligator-infested marsh, elbow-deep in cat guts and waist-deep in trash on the most beautiful beaches in the world.

    Shannon Wentworth: Do a Little... A Lot Shannon Wentworth 2011

  • Our projects have put me knee-deep in an alligator-infested marsh, elbow-deep in cat guts and waist-deep in trash on the most beautiful beaches in the world.

    Shannon Wentworth: Do a Little... A Lot Shannon Wentworth 2011

  • Within the group, Hotaling, 47, is the one who is elbow-deep in the nitty gritty of the back room.

    An Insurance Man to the Stars Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011

  • Our projects have put me knee-deep in an alligator-infested marsh, elbow-deep in cat guts and waist-deep in trash on the most beautiful beaches in the world.

    Shannon Wentworth: Do a Little... A Lot Shannon Wentworth 2011

  • Our projects have put me knee-deep in an alligator-infested marsh, elbow-deep in cat guts and waist-deep in trash on the most beautiful beaches in the world.

    Shannon Wentworth: Do a Little... A Lot Shannon Wentworth 2011

  • At midnight, I was bent over the sink, elbow-deep in a still-frozen turkey, trying to pull out the gizzards with both hands.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive Jack Canfield 2010

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