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  • "You're trying to stall me," Denzil said in a dis - tracted, low voice, his fingers nocking the crossbow bolt.

    Stalling 2010

  • Unfortunately, he's caught in a clear-cut lie and he has tracted his previous positions in many steps.

    Hillary Hits Obama Over Latest Obama NAFTA Story 2009

  • The Chinese-speaking missionaries tracted into our neighborhood when I was 12.

    Pilgrim’s Progress. | Mind on Fire 2006

  • Black students are more likely to be tracted into vocational, than White students and less into college prepatory programs.

    Student Penalized by WSU for Right-Wing Views 2005

  • If we tracted into a Jay-Dub home the discussion always seemed to devolve into a fruitless argument, with us harping on them for the backward notion that only 144,000 souls would be saved and dwell with God and them twitting us for the evil belief that we could become gods ourselves.

    Chapter 43: "Shazzmatazz" shunn 2001

  • If we tracted into a Jay-Dub home the discussion always seemed to devolve into a fruitless argument, with us harping on them for the backward notion that only 144,000 souls would be saved and dwell with God and them twitting us for the evil belief that we could become gods ourselves.

    Chapter 43: "Shazzmatazz" shunn 2001

  • He cx tracted the little square box and handed it to her.

    Rome's Revenge Craven, Sara 2001

  • He was trying to signal Gill, whose concentration had been dis - tracted by a passing pod of whales, when several of the dark spots lifted away from the cliffs entirely.

    Ilse Witch Brooks, Terry 2000

  • He had obviously received some unsettling news for his face was flushed, his brows con - tracted.

    Dragons of a Fallen Sun Weis, Margaret 2000

  • Prince Midalis knew what he was supposed to do-run past the dis - tracted monster, scoop up one chain as a rein, and mount it, straddling the orange line of fire to catch the other chain.

    Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999

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