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  • The holograms were ten-power magnifications; at ten, the knives they held were just under a meter long.

    Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth Boudreau Freret 2010

  • He watched reality through a ten-power Leupold scope as a crackhead skank bank robber named Nathan Bowie rode down an empty street in the back seat of a convertible.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • He watched reality through a ten-power Leupold scope as a crackhead skank bank robber named Nathan Bowie rode down an empty street in the back seat of a convertible.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • He watched reality through a ten-power Leupold scope as a crackhead skank bank robber named Nathan Bowie rode down an empty street in the back seat of a convertible.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • Bending over the rectangle of paper, peering through his heavy, ten-power hand glass.

    THE DEVIL’S TEARDROP JEFFERY DEAVER 2003

  • There was a TV camera with a ten-power lens slaved into the fire-control radar, and it showed the inbound warhead, just a featureless white blob now, like a meteor, Ryan thought.

    The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000

  • It was three hundred yards away, but through the ten-power lens she could make it out in detail.

    The Seventh Scroll Smith, Wilbur 1995

  • They were using a hand-held Minolta 35mm with a ten-power zoom.

    Pressure Point Dick Couch 1992

  • They were using a hand-held Minolta 35mm with a ten-power zoom.

    Pressure Point Dick Couch 1992

  • His view of the scene through the ten-power telescopic sight was less panoramic and far more focused.

    The Sum of all Fears Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1991

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