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  • He let his five-dollar rowboats, planted in a dozen lakes, fall prey to vandals, rot, or thieves.

    Trolling for Bass William Doreski 2011

  • My father kept a boat here, a five-dollar wooden rowboat so flat-bottomed that rowing it felt like walking on water.

    Trolling for Bass William Doreski 2011

  • After handing a five-dollar bill to the parking garage operator, I sped into the street toward my office, thinking only of the two packets of oatmeal waiting in the top left drawer of my desk.

    Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011

  • There is something about a five-dollar cup of joe that makes you feel like a more serious person.

    On the blueline: One game to go, vs. Canada, gold at stake 2010

  • No one had a twenty-dollar bill, but Emma had a five-dollar bill left over from her birthday money.

    Ruby Lu Star of the Star of the Show Lenore Look 2011

  • Vinnie dug in his front pocket and tossed me a balled-up five-dollar bill.

    Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

  • I want to remind you all that the five-dollar drink special tonight is the Piranha Pulp—vodka, cranberry, grenadine, and crushed cherries.

    Shore Thing Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi 2011

  • No amount of five-dollar footlongs will extend Chuck beyond its final, 13-episode season this fall.

    Chuck Final Season Scoop: Morgan and Chuck's New "Intersect"ion and a Possible Casey Romance? 2011

  • I never carried more than a wrinkled five-dollar bill in my own pocket, and that was on my birthday.

    Kings of Colorado David E. Hilton 2011

  • My report card saying I was in the ninety-sixth percentile of my tenth-grade class got me a card from my father with a five-dollar bill inside.

    All The Roads That Lead From Home Anne Leigh Parrish 2011

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