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Rome conquered Europe and the near east at sword-point.
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When our little heroine saves the brave nutcracker from meeting his end at the sword-point of a blustery Mouse King, the nutcracker — who in Mr. Ratmansky's plan is shown, by turns, as a wooden toy and a masked teenage boy — becomes a fresh-faced princeling.
A Mouse in the House Robert Greskovic 2010
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"That is true," says he, and the eye was like a sword-point.
Fiancée 2010
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And while authoritarian force might succeed for awhile forcing knees to bend at sword-point to the imaginary deity of randomness, once the peons figure out they don't have to play the game, their power vanishes into thin air.
Aiguy's Computer 2008
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“In my time, taking a virgin meant one risked a sword-point wedding.”
Deep Kiss Of Winter Kresley Cole 2009
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England's barons forced John at sword-point to sign the Magna Carta, which also resulted in a civil war when he rejected it.
Anthony D. Romero: Cutting the Cake for an Ancient Rule of Law 2008
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Competing factions for the throne have tried to rule at sword-point.
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
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Competing factions for the throne have tried to rule at sword-point.
Review of Mistress of the Art of Death, by Ariana Franklin 2007
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The English had to hold their King at sword-point to get the right of Habeus Corpus some 800 years ago.
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He drove his sword-point into a crack and pried carefully.
Wings in the Night Howard, Robert E. 2006
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