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Examples
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He stepped into the large, glass compartment with her and took her again, her back pinned against the black-tiled shower wall, her legs in a vise-like grip around his waist.
Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011
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The tree was scarred, where the two trees had held the creature in a vise-like grip, and the ground was visibly rutted, from the frantic animals hooves, trying to escape this full-nelson, Mother Nature had applied.
Bittersweet Finds 2009
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He stepped into the large, glass compartment with her and took her again, her back pinned against the black-tiled shower wall, her legs in a vise-like grip around his waist.
Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011
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Fighting dogs and they're in abundance at the pound will continue shredding a body until it is well beyond dead, so blind to the notion that they're ending another life they will not unclamp their vise-like jaws at any cost.
Coffee-Stained Fangs (excerpt) Chris Miller 2011
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The tree was scarred, where the two trees had held the creature in a vise-like grip, and the ground was visibly rutted, from the frantic animals hooves, trying to escape this full-nelson, Mother Nature had applied.
Bittersweet Finds 2009
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He stepped into the large, glass compartment with her and took her again, her back pinned against the black-tiled shower wall, her legs in a vise-like grip around his waist.
Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011
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He stepped into the large, glass compartment with her and took her again, her back pinned against the black-tiled shower wall, her legs in a vise-like grip around his waist.
Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011
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Tension headaches are dull, aching, non-pulsating vise-like pain, usually on both sides that primarily occurs in the forehead and temples.
Case of the Daily Headache Melinda Beck 2011
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"Scarlett" is blonde, dressed in Victoria Secret's type underwear and looks resigned to having a vise-like contraption digging into her neck and head.
Jackson Katz: Interview With Porn Scholar, Part 2: Business and Culture 2010
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And when I thrashed around in the middle of the night, unable to breathe with a vise-like tightness in my chest, I knew I was in trouble.
Chris Gray Faust: 5 Tips for Preventing High Altitude Sickness 2010
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