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Cox said the SUV "sheered" the gas line, which caused the fire that burned the car and spread to the home.

Woman charged after SUV hits home The Baltimore Sun 2011

As we drew closer in and "sheered" the Chameleon, so as to bring the light abeam, I directed our signal officer to make the regular signal.

The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner John Wilkinson

But she righted quickly, and with the sailing-master at the wheel, sheered her bow into within five points of the wind.

Chris Farrington, Able Seaman 2010

The Francis Spaight sheered as her stern lifted on the sea, receiving the full fling of the cap on her quarter.

THE "FRANCIS SPAIGHT" 2010

Next, he sheered to the left, to escape the foot of the bed; but this sheer, if too generous, brought him against the corner of the table.

Chapter 23 2010

In the swiftest current, near the end of another failure, a freak of the current sheered the canoe out of

Trust 2010

After each repulse, when the old wolf sheered abruptly away from the sharp-toothed object of his desire, he shouldered against a young three-year-old that ran on his blind right side.

The Battle of the Fangs 2010

He sheered at the moment my hands should have landed on his nose, but his sandpaper hide (I had on a sleeveless undershirt) scraped the skin off one arm from elbow to shoulder.

THE HEATHEN 2010

In a small section of Central Park across the street from Waldorf Astoria Hotel, every tree was sheered clean of its branches and leaves.

Trees Tumble in Storm Jennifer Maloney 2011

The boat then sheered off into safety and lay to its oars, a young midshipman, sitting in the stern and holding the yoke-lines, in charge.

The Lost Poacher 2010