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Then keep wearing those stiff, wing-like flaps without even a hint of a roll.
Peter Mandel: Time for Mitt Romney to Roll Up His Sleeves -- Wait, Not Like That! Peter Mandel 2012
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The modern home has arched, wing-like roofs and walls of angled glass throughout.
Ex-'Idol' Judge DioGuardi Lists Los Angeles Home for $10 Million 2011
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Two humped fairings on the aft section were attached to a flattened “W” of a wing-like structure, and the warp nacelles were mounted on either side of that.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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Two humped fairings on the aft section were attached to a flattened “W” of a wing-like structure, and the warp nacelles were mounted on either side of that.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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Then keep wearing those stiff, wing-like flaps without even a hint of a roll.
Peter Mandel: Time for Mitt Romney to Roll Up His Sleeves -- Wait, Not Like That! Peter Mandel 2012
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The company said the problem involves improper installation of small, composite pieces called "shims" where the horizontal stabilizers, small wing-like structures that extend outward and help control the up-and-down pitch of the aircraft, meet the fuselage.
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It turns out that our preconceived picture of what a psychiatric hospital looks like, complete with Gothic brick architecture, wing-like spires and sprawling lawns, come largely from the ambitious designs of a 19th Century East Coast doctor named Thomas Story Kirkbride, who helped to forge a series of American mental hospitals according to what became known as “The Kirkbride Plan.”
20 High Resolution Photos From Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island | /Film 2010
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One bike makes it through and one releases these wing-like flaps that raise it up over the top of the cavern.
Comic-Con 08: Disney Debuts Tron 2 Trailer! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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His work, sometimes featuring wing-like structures that seem about to take flight, was celebrated in 2006 by a show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His collaborations with five of the seven choreographers presenting new ballets during this run will be a featured part of the festival.
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Has developed wing-like pectoral fins that enable it to glide through the air.
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