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The connection closed with a snap; Rafe sat a long moment without moving before he unplugged the cable and re-coiled it into its place in his bag.
Command Decision Moon, Elizabeth 2007
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Sitting on her dressing stool, she unpinned her hair, brushed it, then slowly, wits drifting, re-coiled it.
A Lady of His Own Laurens, Stephanie 2004
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Kim tore back down the ditch till he reached a point opposite his second resting-place, slipped across the road like a weasel, and re-coiled himself in the blanket.
Kim 2003
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The edge of another wave spilled across the forecastle, and below on the damp deck, two sailors re-coiled lines, ignoring the thin sheet of water, while another surefootedly clambered up the mainmast.
The Order War Modesitt, L. E. 1995
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The edge of another wave spilled across the forecastle, and below on the damp deck, two sailors re-coiled lines, ignoring the thin sheet of water, while another surefootedly clambered up the mainmast.
The Order War Modesitt, L. E. 1995
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So now at the command Fitz took the rope from him and shook it out and re-coiled it nicely.
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He got down, unfastened the rope, deliberately re-coiled it and looped it around the saddle horn.
The Range Boss Charles Alden Seltzer 1908
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This length he re-coiled and slung over his shoulder: an awkward, weighty handicap.
The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf Louis Joseph Vance 1906
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He re-coiled it carefully and made a running noose in one end.
Merton of the Movies Harry Leon Wilson 1903
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Kim tore back down the ditch till he reached a point opposite his second resting-place, slipped across the road like a weasel, and re-coiled himself in the blanket.
Kim Rudyard Kipling 1900
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