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  • In their spare time, Mae and J2 were working on what they called omni ink.

    Mission Of Honor Clancy, Tom 2002

  • In his early years, Linnaeus believed that the species was not only real, but unchangeable — as he wrote, Unitas in omni specie ordinem ducit (The invariability of species is the condition for order [in nature]).

    At What Level did this Evolve? 2009

  • Andersen did a better portrayal of a Heinlein omni-competent curmudgeon than Heinlein ever did, and Guthrie put his money where his mouth was, unlike Hershaw or Long.

    Who are Your Favorite Literary Science Fiction Characters? 2006

  • Andersen did a better portrayal of a Heinlein omni-competent curmudgeon than Heinlein ever did, and Guthrie put his money where his mouth was, unlike Hershaw or Long.

    Who are Your Favorite Literary Science Fiction Characters? 2006

  • Cicero calls it), et prater unum in omni vita inauditum (Orat. pro

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721

  • In chap. 9 he says of him, “erat in omni tumultu meticulosu et animi disjectus.”]

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • Ibn Chaukel ascribe them to the Sabaeans or Aadites Non sunt in omni Syria aedificia magnificentiora his, (Tabula Syria p. It was incumbent on the Saracens to exert the full powers of their valor and enthusiasm against the forces of the emperor, who was taught, by repeated losses, that the rovers of the desert had undertaken, and would speedily achieve, a regular and permanent conquest.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • The omni is a chair + lounge + loveseat + floor pillow.

    Major League Baseball 2009

  • The omni is a chair + lounge + loveseat + floor pillow.

    MVN 2008

  • 'omni'-pregnant,' nihili'-parturient genius of my acquaintance, not the least promising is, -- "A History of the morals and (as connected therewith) of the manners of the English Nation from the Conquest to the present time."

    Literary Remains, Volume 1 Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803

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