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  • Images of the gigantic, half-sunk vessel have filled newspaper pages, newscasts and talk shows.

    Italy Probes Captain's Call With Boss Stacy Meichtry 2012

  • The front page of the Hearst Journal told the story with a headline that screamed “CRISIS IS AT HAND” and “SPANISH TREACHERY” over an engraving of the USS Maine half-sunk and ablaze in Havana harbor.

    Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

  • The front page of the Hearst Journal told the story with a headline that screamed “CRISIS IS AT HAND” and “SPANISH TREACHERY” over an engraving of the USS Maine half-sunk and ablaze in Havana harbor.

    Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

  • The plastic bag half-sunk in the dirty water clung to her laces as if it was a drowning swimmer.

    The Demons Covenant Sarah Rees Brennan 2010

  • We found it half-sunk in a bog way south on the rez.

    Vermilion Drift William Kent Krueger 2010

  • The plastic bag half-sunk in the dirty water clung to her laces as if it was a drowning swimmer.

    The Demons Covenant Sarah Rees Brennan 2010

  • But there is a risk that Iceland will give its riches away in a fire sale to the same Vikings who have already half-sunk the nation once.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Iceland's Way of Life Collapses with the Economy 2009

  • The sky outside was the color of charcoal half-sunk into ruby ashes.

    Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009

  • But there is a risk that Iceland will give its riches away in a fire sale to the same Vikings who have already half-sunk the nation once. '

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Iceland's Way of Life Collapses with the Economy 2009

  • The sky outside was the color of charcoal half-sunk into ruby ashes.

    City of Ashes Cassandra Clare 2008

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