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  • Therefore, post-surgery, I have become very proficient at the tush-out/lean-in hug.

    Hollye Harrington Jacobs: Breast Cancer And (Lack Of) Social Graces Hollye Harrington Jacobs 2011

  • Therefore, post-surgery, I have become very proficient at the tush-out/lean-in hug.

    Hollye Harrington Jacobs: Breast Cancer And (Lack Of) Social Graces Hollye Harrington Jacobs 2011

  • Therefore, post-surgery, I have become very proficient at the tush-out/lean-in hug.

    Hollye Harrington Jacobs: Breast Cancer And (Lack Of) Social Graces Hollye Harrington Jacobs 2011

  • Jackson's jumper with 1: 02 left gave the Warriors a 95-91 lead but Ginobili sank all four of his foul shots in the final 49 seconds of regulation and Jackson's lean-in jumper at the buzzer fell short, sending the game into overtime.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • I tried to lean-in and whisper into his ear, Can we do it another day?

    The Nervous Breakdown 2010

  • Talk about a lean-in factor, as my executive producer, Angie, always says.

    CNN Transcript Dec 4, 2009 2009

  • Obviously, being a librarian, my ears are tuned to just this sort of conversation, and have a tendency to lean-in close to hear more.

    Southern Vampire Series (copy) ____Maggie 2007

  • Obviously, being a librarian, my ears are tuned to just this sort of conversation, and have a tendency to lean-in close to hear more.

    Archive 2007-09-01 ____Maggie 2007

  • He tells the reader, "(Abby) leaned into the closet (we have a lean-in closet in our bedroom, meaning that it's roughly the size of a small refrigerator, so all you can do is lean in) and came out with the blue T-shirt, a pair of black jeans I actually fit into, and my black sport jacket, which is made of something that approximates suede without actually harming any animals to produce it."

    ... But Not Least 2006

  • He tells the reader, "(Abby) leaned into the closet (we have a lean-in closet in our bedroom, meaning that it's roughly the size of a small refrigerator, so all you can do is lean in) and came out with the blue T-shirt, a pair of black jeans I actually fit into, and my black sport jacket, which is made of something that approximates suede without actually harming any animals to produce it."

    April 2006 2006

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