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  • C. Entice the gentlemen to sample rather than just size-up my assets (think amuse bouche and bite).

    The DC Damsel: Lifting the Ladies: Adventures in Bra-Fitting The DC Damsel 2010

  • It wasn't until we got out and did the size-up and were able to confirm that everybody was off the bus . . .

    1 dead, 30 hurt in NY bus, tractor-trailer crash 2011

  • “The pleasure is mine, buddy,” Andrew said, returning the size-up.

    ’Til Death Miasha 2010

  • But if you're zipping by too fast to make eye-contact or adequately size-up, I'm thinking you'll be okay.

    On Predators Sage 2009

  • But if you're zipping by too fast to make eye-contact or adequately size-up, I'm thinking you'll be okay.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Sage 2009

  • The next move: A size-up of the migratory bird situation.

    Aldo Leopold (Complete Bibliography) 2008

  • Luce argued for staying in, but he had used up his chits by It was Meyerson instead who more nearly matched Perot's own size-up of the situation.

    Superhero 2008

  • For a size-up, decadal averaging seemed a more sensible way of keeping track of degrees of freedom.

    Bristlecones, Foxtails and Temperature « Climate Audit 2006

  • Just like litigants that size-up judges during litigation, patent practitioners should be aware of the personalities involved in the USPTO examining corps.

    Archive 2006-02-01 Peter Zura 2006

  • After a few seconds of this size-up, the beast stopped snarling and crouched low, its tail whipping back and forth like, well, like an angry cat.

    The Rivers of Zadaa D. J. MacHale 2005

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