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  • John Bellew remonstrated when he saw Kit arise with a hundred pounds in the straps and pick up a fifty-pound sack of flour and place it on top of the pack against the back of his neck.

    THE TASTE OF THE MEAT 2010

  • Round and round he went, whirling and turning and reversing, trying to shake off the fifty-pound weight that dragged at his throat.

    The Clinging Death 2010

  • Tom Lynch paid $10 at the sale for the vaguely basket-shaped fifty-pound hunk, which he believed was copper or bronze.

    2009 March « Scavenging 2009

  • This lead to Ashley, whom I had poked fun at two weeks earlier for her over eagerness in preparing for this trip, carrying just her few well thought out necessities, while I needlessly heaved a fifty-pound pack over my shoulders.

    Andrea R. Vaucher: Along for the Ride: Strangecation Goes Glamping Andrea R. Vaucher 2010

  • Tom Lynch paid $10 at the sale for the vaguely basket-shaped fifty-pound hunk, which he believed was copper or bronze.

    Meteorite Lands at Rummage Sale « Scavenging 2009

  • Tom Lynch paid $10 at the sale for the vaguely basket-shaped fifty-pound hunk, which he believed was copper or bronze.

    2009 March 12 « Scavenging 2009

  • Not being a member, I had to stab a fifty-pound note in the palm of the guard at the gate and pretend to be only shaking hands.

    Hisham Matar | Embedded or The Silent Countenance of Suleiman al Dewani 2011

  • On the floor, a fifty-pound bag of sulfur beckoned, and I ripped it open and shoveled yellow dust into the vat.

    Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011

  • At eight o’clock that same night, I’m stumbling down Aibileen’s street as discreetly as one can carrying a fifty-pound Corona typewriter.

    Excerpt: The Help by Kathryn Stockett 2009

  • This lead to Ashley, whom I had poked fun at two weeks earlier for her over eagerness in preparing for this trip, carrying just her few well thought out necessities, while I needlessly heaved a fifty-pound pack over my shoulders.

    Andrea R. Vaucher: Along for the Ride: Strangecation Goes Glamping Andrea R. Vaucher 2010

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