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swath
1. Because she was looking at the limb of the world with the main scope, she could see a fifty mile wide swath of land at once, and could scan fifty miles in each direction with some fine adjustments to the scope positioning
2. an unbroken swath from the Lurn Mountains in the
3. You see I mention this because they will sit here,” He indicated on the plot map still lying on the big table before them, a swath of land directly opposite Lawrence's intended developed parcel
4. But the darn thing escaped! And, the last I heard, it had cut a swath clear over to Elm Street
5. And so, while building the cottage, I took the time to plant a wide swath of tree limbs around my new homestead
6. From there he turned north and laid a swath of destruction
7. whoa!” shouted Raoul as the director quickly switched shots to catch a vehicle as it slid backwards at a high rate of speed, spewing out white vapors and casting debris in a wide swath down the track
8. The sound of chanting rose suddenly out of the temple’s open doors just when a swath of sunrays melted away the morning haze around the small patches of greenery
9. swath of the busy city
10. She read the name of the building embossed by a golden swath along Liberty
11. Zaccardelli was prepared to cut a swath through the career of an officer
12. Pretty soon Selma could see that the wide swath the thing
13. Then, as it gradually disappeared into the sand, they followed the wide swath across the lowland, disturbed by many a foot and hoof
14. the ocean, there was a broad band of vegetation missing, a swath
15. filling in an incredibly large swath of area
16. A large swath of the
17. swath of saliva form in my throat
18. individual studied by Babiak who cut a swath of disruption through
19. The fallout of the ash cloud was limited to a fifty mile by one hundred and fifty mile swath that drifted to the northwest, covering parts of southern Montana and southeast Idaho
20. Miraculously, amongst all of the filth and rubbish and refuse, there was a swath, an impressively large swath at that, of clean and organized terrain
21. is wrapped with a swath of white cloth
22. Clearing a brief swath around me, I glanced to the right and then the left
23. It loomed over the field, a swath across the sky that all but spoke aloud the dread it bridled
24. On the other side we have a huge swath of society directly responsible for so many economical, emotional, and other societal damages that is not being held responsible for their actions
25. By evening the forest opened into a wide swath of what can only be called wilderness rubble, a landscape ripped up by its seams and logged clear, the PCT picking its way faintly along its edges
26. I scaled it for a better view and spotted another road across an old clear-cut swath
27. Now I was walking over a five-mile swath of black volcanic rocks that ranged in size from baseball to soccer ball, my ankles and knees constantly twisting
28. The natural landscape was punctuated by a ski lift that led to the crusty swath of snow farther up
29. THE PRISON yard for A-block is a large swath of concrete and dead grass, plus a full basketball court, all of it surrounded by fence and razor wire
30. In a swath eighty miles wide the Yankees were looting Here lay the fertile state, dotted with plantations, sheltering the women and children,
31. But every time I glance to see how much time’s left on the record, the swath of grooves between the needle and the spinning label has gotten smaller
32. Nearly due west the broad swath of the marching Orcs tramped its ugly slot; the sweet grass of Rohan had been bruised and blackened as they passed
33. This is a survey of its members, a much bigger swath of nonprofessional investors, and has been conducted at least since 1987
34. The canopies of our five cockpits slid closed with a pressurized hiss, our engines screamed in my ears as they powered up to full readiness—and then the small hangar itself depressurized and its armored doors slid open above, revealing a rectangular swath of the starry lunar sky
35. I stared out the window at Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve, a swath of green that cut through the city
36. “This blood’s from his neck wound,” I said, indicating the swath low on the wall
37. The profitable range is obviously broader with more time to expiration; it covers a wider swath of underlying prices as we can see by these breakeven prices and by the fact that the profitable range narrows as time to expiration nears
38. He slid his arm through a broad swath of nosehorn leather fixed to the back of his shield to grip the narrower hand strap
39. A swath of worn granite slabs, with grass sprouting between them, marked the edge of town
40. He touched a hand’s-width swath where the gritty surface had turned smooth
