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  • I do, however, remember wearing a construction-paper turkey hat, defending my plate from the shark-like chomping of a Belgian cocker spaniel named Thumper, and realizing that Jon's childhood bedroom was preserved like a shrine complete with Bar Mitzvah signing board and glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling.

    Sara Sellar: Outside The Tribe -- Home For The Holidays Sara Sellar 2011

  • I do, however, remember wearing a construction-paper turkey hat, defending my plate from the shark-like chomping of a Belgian cocker spaniel named Thumper, and realizing that Jon's childhood bedroom was preserved like a shrine complete with Bar Mitzvah signing board and glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling.

    Sara Sellar: Outside The Tribe -- Home For The Holidays Sara Sellar 2011

  • The torpedo ran true, and went clean into the heart of the shark-like form ahead.

    Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011

  • Of course, this threat is theoretical at the moment, since active ETFs are still too small to affect stock prices and entice the shark-like attention of front-runners.

    Active, but Not Getting Very Far Larry Light 2011

  • The ops ensign worked his console, and the main viewer was filled once more with the enormous and shark-like hull of a design La Forge had never seen before.

    Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011

  • It was an utterly alien construction, vaguely shark-like, and it moved with a sinuous motion.

    Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011

  • The torpedo ran true, and went clean into the heart of the shark-like form ahead.

    Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011

  • It was an utterly alien construction, vaguely shark-like, and it moved with a sinuous motion.

    Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011

  • The ops ensign worked his console, and the main viewer was filled once more with the enormous and shark-like hull of a design La Forge had never seen before.

    Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011

  • The other is the Mephistophelean financier and arbitrageur Gordon Gekko, he of the power braces and the shark-like half-smile, half-snarl.

    Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps – review Philip French 2010

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