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I lived for several years in a small Maine coastal town (year-round pop. about 5 or 6,000) where it was eminently possible to get along without a car, or with a single car for an ordinary-sized family.
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While not possessed of a particularly deep voice, Marcus MacRannoch had enough lung-power for three ordinary-sized men.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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Lord of the Rings went in the other direction, casting ordinary-sized men as hobbits.
More is less Kylopod 2008
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I prefer to eat reasonable portions, in rather ordinary-sized bowls…
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I turned away and went stalking off, and if it had been an ordinary-sized office I might have got out of there without any more trouble.
ROB NEYER’S BIG BOOK OF BASEBALL LEGENDS ROB NEYER 2008
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Lord of the Rings went in the other direction, casting ordinary-sized men as hobbits.
Archive 2008-03-01 Kylopod 2008
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The other Giant appeared to be entirely of this opinion, for during the foregoing rhapsody of his fellow-sentinel he had been scratching his head with an air of comical uneasiness, or rather with an air that would have been very comical if he had been a dwarf or an ordinary-sized man.
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Properly decommissioning one ordinary-sized reactor would cost billions.
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Properly decommissioning one ordinary-sized reactor would cost billions.
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The other Giant appeared to be entirely of this opinion, for during the foregoing rhapsody of his fellow-sentinel he had been scratching his head with an air of comical uneasiness, or rather with an air that would have been very comical if he had been a dwarf or an ordinary-sized man.
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