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Given that I can't deal with codeine, and can't drink tea without spilling, I think my version would be wearing lacy once-white shirts and tylenol.
A Hungry Smell (funded!) shweta_narayan 2010
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Half-an-hour later Toby rolls up in a dented, once-white truck.
Dakota Roger Weaver 2011
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Rather, the worn organic colors of the ancient earth and stone of which the city is composed, the colors of limestone, the ruddy gray of tufa, the warm discoloration of once-white marble and the speckled, rich surface of the marble known as pavonazzo, dappled with white spots and inclusions like the fat in a slice of mortadella.
The Forever City Robert Hughes 2011
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He lay on his side, his head awkwardly positioned on a once-white pillow.
Ballardian » “Driven by Anger”: An Interview with Michael Butterworth (the Savoy interviews, part 1) 2009
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The once-white linoleum is punctuated with spatter and curling photographs of customers who hold the same bumper sticker in front of various distant landmarks.
Wings stephen hastings-king 2011
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Her once-white shirt was now covered in dirt, and she knew her hair must have been bigger than a garden shrub.
The Lost Children Carolyn Cohagan 2010
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Her once-white shirt was now covered in dirt, and she knew her hair must have been bigger than a garden shrub.
The Lost Children Carolyn Cohagan 2010
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Her once-white shirt was now covered in dirt, and she knew her hair must have been bigger than a garden shrub.
The Lost Children Carolyn Cohagan 2010
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As the Gulf gusher neared the record, Hurricane Alex whipped oil-filled waves onto the Gulf Coast's once-white beaches.
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As the Gulf gusher neared the record, Hurricane Alex whipped oil-filled waves onto the Gulf Coast's once-white beaches.
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