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  • Halya said nothing, but the pteridon sideslipped and dropped off to the left, then dived in toward the ground, leveling off less than twenty yards above the snow.

    Soarer's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

  • Bloodwing twisted and arced away from the explosion and the remaining torpedoes, and on the other side, Ortisei, having just begun an evasive maneuver, shuddered and sideslipped as the force of the explosion hit her shields.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • Bloodwing twisted and arced away from the explosion and the remaining torpedoes, and on the other side, Ortisei, having just begun an evasive maneuver, shuddered and sideslipped as the force of the explosion hit her shields.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • Bloodwing twisted and arced away from the explosion and the remaining torpedoes, and on the other side, Ortisei, having just begun an evasive maneuver, shuddered and sideslipped as the force of the explosion hit her shields.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • At two hundred yards and with an airspeed approaching twenty knots, he sideslipped Black Moclips out of formation and dipped sharply toward the ground.

    Ilse Witch Brooks, Terry 2000

  • Mirror rolled again, sideslipped vertically past the lead D4.

    The Final Reflection John M. Ford 2000

  • She sideslipped the errant missile, but others took swift flight against her.

    Ship Of Destiny Hobb, Robin 2000

  • He sideslipped and caught another thermal, one that would place him precisely where he wanted to be.

    The Silver Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1996

  • He sideslipped and caught another thermal, one that would place him precisely where he wanted to be.

    The Silver Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1996

  • His nerves just screamed a sudden alarm at him, and he sideslipped in the air, violently and unpredictably altering his path.

    The White Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1995

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