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His octopus-like penetration of his country's sociological DNA has been transposed into its very political fibre, and it is with respect to this aspect of his pernicious influence that the irony and verbal banter begins to wear thin.
Frederic Whyte: The Long-Overdue Demise of Silvio Berlusconi Frederic Whyte 2011
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This is a good thing, because these computer-generated creatures have spidery legs and octopus-like heads, and scampering scores of them—known as "skitters"—would look ridiculous.
Hollow Points and Cream Puffs Nancy deWolf Smith 2011
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ALTITUDE ($34.98 BluRay and $26.97 regular; Anchor Bay) -- Small plane with passengers is menaced by a terrible storm and some sort of flying octopus-like creature.
Michael Giltz: Halloween DVDs: The Exorcist, Psycho, Troll 2 and More Michael Giltz 2010
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This is a good thing, because these computer-generated creatures have spidery legs and octopus-like heads, and scampering scores of them—known as "skitters"—would look ridiculous.
Hollow Points and Cream Puffs Nancy deWolf Smith 2011
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One exciting area of the park has a huge, octopus-like network of a variety of colorful water tubes.
Play to Your Heart's Content at the Ex-Hacienda de Temixco in Morelos Part One: 32 Acres of Aqua Fun 2008
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The octopus-like lunch lady handed orange clay bowls decorated with black silhouetted figures to her and the next seven students in line.
PERSEPHONE THE PHONY JOAN HOLUB 2010
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Mr Hunter refers to this country's "libertarian governing class" --- there are few adjectives less appropriate to describe our increasingly octopus-like government and its statist cheerleaders.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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The octopus-like lunch lady handed orange clay bowls decorated with black silhouetted figures to her and the next seven students in line.
PERSEPHONE THE PHONY JOAN HOLUB 2010
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IN the cafeteria, an eight-armed, octopus-like lunch lady served the line of students from orange clay bowls decorated with black silhouetted figures.
ATHENA THE BRAIN JOAN HOLUB 2010
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One exciting area of the park has a huge, octopus-like network of a variety of colorful water tubes.
Play to Your Heart's Content at the Ex-Hacienda de Temixco in Morelos Part One: 32 Acres of Aqua Fun 2008
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