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  • I climb up the salt-encrusted external ladder to the bridge and join Captain Gary Chiljean and his chief mate Mitzi Crane, listening to the short wave radio, a static-filled WINS 1010 report out of New York with live descriptions of the jetliner terror attacks and the collapse of the World Trade Center's towers.

    David Helvarg: 9/11 From 200 miles Out at Sea David Helvarg 2011

  • On the bridge, a few of the monitors that were still intact on the walls of the communications and engineering stations flashed into static-filled life.

    Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011

  • On the bridge, a few of the monitors that were still intact on the walls of the communications and engineering stations flashed into static-filled life.

    Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011

  • Last year, Wavves (a.k.a. Nathan Williams) emerged from the crowded, static-filled indie-rock underground thanks to an abundance of pop hooks that fought through the fuzz of his lo-fi home recordings.

    Getting Up Guide: Spoken-word showcase; Sly Fox brew tasting Alex Baldinger 2010

  • Then a voice pipes through the static-filled message: "I love you," his dad says.

    Top Moments: Idol Flirts with Disaster, Jersey Shore Pops a Squat 2011

  • I climb up the salt-encrusted external ladder to the bridge and join Captain Gary Chiljean and his chief mate Mitzi Crane, listening to the short wave radio, a static-filled WINS 1010 report out of New York with live descriptions of the jetliner terror attacks and the collapse of the World Trade Center's towers.

    David Helvarg: 9/11 From 200 miles Out at Sea David Helvarg 2011

  • An uncomfortably static-filled interval passed before the answer arrived. “—firmative, Commande—”

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • The static-filled voice of the Sanctuary crackled over the intercom.

    The Search For WondLa Tony DiTerlizzi 2010

  • An uncomfortably static-filled interval passed before the answer arrived. “—firmative, Commande—”

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • She sings of a simple musical expression of love from days gone by, but somehow makes it relevant in today's static-filled world.

    Joseph Vella: The Art of the Mixtape Joseph Vella 2010

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