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Examples
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The slogan on an old picture of a vintage red and black-striped Mini—"Seriously playful"—became the design team's informal motto.
The Man Who Reinvents Wheels Vanessa Fuhrmans 2011
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The server's attire left her back completely uncovered in a sweeping open V, the better to show off her golden, black-striped mane all the way to her short stub of a tail.
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The table looked like something from a fairy tale, all our food steaming: slices of turkey fanned like the pages of a book, roasted vegetables that were dark and crinkled at their edges, the charred ends of broccoli florets, black-striped carrots; a swamp of stuffing with squares of bread poking through the gravy like they were struggling for air.
The Gin Closet Leslie Jamison 2010
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I suddenly became cognizant of a guy in a gray suit with a black-striped power tie and a dark leather valise-type briefcase standing off to the side watching me.
I Am Not A Psychic! Richard Belzer 2009
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I suddenly became cognizant of a guy in a gray suit with a black-striped power tie and a dark leather valise-type briefcase standing off to the side watching me.
I Am Not A Psychic! Richard Belzer 2009
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I suddenly became cognizant of a guy in a gray suit with a black-striped power tie and a dark leather valise-type briefcase standing off to the side watching me.
I Am Not A Psychic! Richard Belzer 2009
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The only cat she had known was a black-striped tabby down the street from us.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Loving Our Dogs Jack Canfield 2008
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The only cat she had known was a black-striped tabby down the street from us.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Loving Our Dogs Jack Canfield 2008
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A poor stunted dull-looking boy of sixteen, staggering before a black-striped sentry-box, with an enormous musket on his shoulder, does not seem to me a martial or awe-inspiring object.
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Turning, he leapt into a gap between several trees and began frantically ripping at what appeared to be some black-striped reeds that were growing out of the water.
Drowning World Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003
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