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  • The high sides kept the turkey from escaping -- sort of in the same way that Twilight Zone episode with the soldier, clown, hobo, dancer, and bagpipe player stuck in a big smooth-sided prison were unable to escape.

    Research--food for thought p_n_elrod 2009

  • For the most part, the crater had become a smooth-sided whiteness under heaven.

    The Clique 2010

  • Just offshore, the smooth-sided waves at Banzai Pipeline were rising and bursting toward us, collapsing loudly, dissolving in thick froth and fizz.

    Beard 2010

  • Use a heavy smooth-sided mallet to pound the chicken, working from the middle outward, to a uniform thickness.

    The Fussy Eaters’ Recipe Book Annabel Karmel 2007

  • Use a heavy smooth-sided mallet to pound the chicken, working from the middle outward, to a uniform thickness.

    The Fussy Eaters’ Recipe Book Annabel Karmel 2007

  • Dried fish from the Danes and a cloud of Coal Dust hang over everything this afternoon — hundreds of bags of coal were transferred from Baretto Junior today — and the seamen aboard Erebus are busy with the smooth-sided stones they call Holy Stones, scrubbing and rescrubbing the deck clean while the Officers shout encouragement.

    The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007

  • The Malibu's smooth-sided, aerodynamic-looking body and low-cut roof remind one of the Lexus LS 460, which costs more than three times as much.

    Putting a Little Pizzazz 2007

  • From Djoser we move to Snefru (ca. 2597-2547) and his multiple attempts at a successful smooth-sided pyramid.

    Ten Thousand Men, One Million Stone Blocks, and a Couple of Sleds 2006

  • Emery ran her fingers over a miniature coffinlike brass model, and another that looked like a humidor, and then a granite one that looked like a smooth-sided Eiffel Tower or a perfume bottle.

    Bulletproof Girl Quinn Dalton 2005

  • Emery ran her fingers over a miniature coffinlike brass model, and another that looked like a humidor, and then a granite one that looked like a smooth-sided Eiffel Tower or a perfume bottle.

    Bulletproof Girl Quinn Dalton 2005

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