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In my profession, carrying a five-foot-tall chart of a human vagina down the street is a rite of passage.
Allison Leotta: Carrying the Vagina Chart: Mixing Fact and Fiction in a Novel Allison Leotta 2010
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I finally get wise and construct a portable, five-foot-tall version that lives in my bedroom alongside a small gallows with a spring trapdoor for the “long drop.”
Late, Late at Night Rick Springfield 2010
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He was a five-foot-tall Cantonese cop in Honolulu in the early 20th century.
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He was a five-foot-tall Cantonese cop in Honolulu in the early 20th century.
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In 2002, Karzai appointed a five-foot-tall warlord, Sher Mohammed Akhundzada, as the governor of Helmand province, which encompasses Nawa district.
Nawa turns into proving ground for U.S. strategy in Afghan war Rajiv Chandrasekaran 2010
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Imagine a Christian and a goldsmith standing around a five-foot-tall Star of David that the artisan just completed on commission from a local temple.
Jeff Schweitzer: When Faith Trumps Reason: the Curse of Scientific Illiteracy 2010
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Sharkey looked out the window, the sky was clear; the rainforest stretched out as far as the horizon, but there was a jagged edge at the end of the wing, where the five-foot-tall winglet was supposed to be.
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In 2002, Karzai appointed a five-foot-tall warlord, Sher Mohammed Akhundzada, as the governor of Helmand province, which encompasses Nawa district.
Nawa turns into proving ground for U.S. strategy in Afghan war Rajiv Chandrasekaran 2010
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Sharkey looked out the window, the sky was clear; the rainforest stretched out as far as the horizon, but there was a jagged edge at the end of the wing, where the five-foot-tall winglet was supposed to be.
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I finally get wise and construct a portable, five-foot-tall version that lives in my bedroom alongside a small gallows with a spring trapdoor for the “long drop.”
Late, Late at Night Rick Springfield 2010
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