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In the context of trading, gold is likely to proceed with the usual program of aggressive rallies and occasional stomach-wrenching declines.
Godzilla Japanese | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009
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Just in time, Tally remembered the spot where they had pulled up the track for scrap metal, and angled her board for a stomach-wrenching moment of freefall, soaring over the gap in a high arc.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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For one stomach-wrenching second, the ship felt like it was trying to go all six directions at once, and depending on where you were standing, you either went freefall or sailing toward a bulkhead at double your usual G-mass.
Firefly Ship Works Ltd. » Blog Archive » Stray Dogs, Chapter One: An Unexpected Gift 2009
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The ones doing enormous harm to the girls were those turning the whole matter into a stomach-wrenching spectacle.
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The poll release was stomach-wrenching in its timing.
11/15/2007 2007
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Their slip-ups are detailed in stomach-wrenching refusal reports filed by the FDA.
Chinese Poison Train Declared Unstoppable: Next Stop, You! - The Consumerist 2007
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Just in time, Tally remembered the spot where they had pulled up the track for scrap metal, and angled her board for a stomach-wrenching moment of freefall, soaring over the gap in a high arc.
Uglies Scott Westerfeld 2005
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Just in time, Tally remembered the spot where they had pulled up the track for scrap metal, and angled her board for a stomach-wrenching moment of freefall, soaring over the gap in a high arc.
Uglies Scott Westerfeld 2005
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A stomach-wrenching turn, and he saw now, they had made a full turn and were heading in the direction of the harbor.
Do Comets Dream? S. P. Somtow 2003
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At that moment a stomach-wrenching shriek rang out from below, the sound of a horse maddened by terror.
Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003
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