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Sharon walked the close-coupled bay horse, a Latigo brand burned on its hip, through a grove of aspen trees growing on the north slope below the ridgeline.
Western Man Janet Dailey 2011
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Sharon walked the close-coupled bay horse, a Latigo brand burned on its hip, through a grove of aspen trees growing on the north slope below the ridgeline.
Western Man Janet Dailey 2011
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Have we really close-coupled everything so tightly that a cumulative balance sheet hole on the order of magnitude of a 1% move on the stock market can bring down the whole financial system?
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Final Thoughts on the Bailout (I Still Don’t Like It) 2008
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Have we really close-coupled everything so tightly that a cumulative balance sheet hole on the order of magnitude of a 1% move on the stock market can bring down the whole financial system?
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Mice and rats are a lot more close-coupled than cats.
Clarity Steven Barnes 2008
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The predominance and availability of the small close-coupled centrifugal pump/motor units, in loan packages that do not reflect the full capital costs, has worked against the introduction of lower cost options such as the treadle pump.
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So many that they could have two bunches: bacon pigs, thin of leg and long of side; and ham pigs, close-coupled and stout, with their bellies swinging against the ground.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003
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So many that they could have two bunches: bacon pigs, thin of leg and long of side; and ham pigs, close-coupled and stout, with their bellies swinging against the ground.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997
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He climbed into his immaculate 1932 close-coupled Buick sedan and started it up.
Fall On Your Knees Macdonald Ann-Marie 1996
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He climbed into his immaculate 1932 close-coupled Buick sedan and started it up.
Fall On Your Knees Macdonald Ann-Marie 1996
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