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  • verb Present participle of sheer.

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Examples

  • And notice the storm does weaken due to upper level winds kind of sheering it apart as a Category 2 when it makes land fall on Monday somewhere in South Florida.

    CNN Transcript Oct 22, 2005 2005

  • We are all dressed in vintage clothing, lined up in a row in an old sheep sheering shed converted into a hunters cabin.

    What is it that you deer hunt? 2010

  • What harsher punishment can be, even Capital Punishment to some would be welcome to end the heart and soul sheering pain of the loss of a love one yet alone another life.

    On Hunting Accidents and Jail Time 2009

  • There is no excuse and for those who pulled the trigger like I said earlier, What harsher punishment can be, even Capital Punishment to some would be welcome to end the heart and soul sheering pain of the loss of a love one yet alone another life.

    On Hunting Accidents and Jail Time 2009

  • One of the hardest-hit areas was Tuscaloosa, a city of more than 93,000 people and home to the University of Alabama, where a tornado carved a roughly seven mile long one mile wide swath of destruction, sheering most homes trees and electric poles to eye level.

    Tornadoes Leave a Trail of Devastation Timothy W. Martin 2011

  • There is no excuse and for those who pulled the trigger like I said earlier, What harsher punishment can be, even Capital Punishment to some would be welcome to end the heart and soul sheering pain of the loss of a love one yet alone another life.

    On Hunting Accidents and Jail Time 2009

  • What harsher punishment can be, even Capital Punishment to some would be welcome to end the heart and soul sheering pain of the loss of a love one yet alone another life.

    On Hunting Accidents and Jail Time 2009

  • In another the collapse was started from the sheering of the outside columns and they were the first to give.

    1000 Architects and Engineers 2010

  • The first thing is don't ask or tell your husband about the upcoming sheering.

    Michael Cohen: Ask Michael Cohen: Dirty With Rich Hair 2010

  • The first thing is don't ask or tell your husband about the upcoming sheering.

    Michael Cohen: Ask Michael Cohen: Dirty With Rich Hair 2010

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