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With Royal Flush flying dangerously low over the North Sea, navigator Ronald Bailey had trouble sighting the English coast through the fast-gathering evening mist, and an even more difficult time finding Thorpe Abbotts, which looked exactly like the other American bomber bases that had been built nearby.
Masters of the Air Donald L. Miller 2006
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With Royal Flush flying dangerously low over the North Sea, navigator Ronald Bailey had trouble sighting the English coast through the fast-gathering evening mist, and an even more difficult time finding Thorpe Abbotts, which looked exactly like the other American bomber bases that had been built nearby.
Masters of the Air Donald L. Miller 2006
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A fast-gathering storm lashed the ship with seas that broke high over the prow, carrying away bulwarks and washing cargo up and down the decks.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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A fast-gathering storm lashed the ship with seas that broke high over the prow, carrying away bulwarks and washing cargo up and down the decks.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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Another loud peal from a fast-gathering, ominous cloud — the base of which rested on the nearest hill, and began to descend, fixed and determined of purpose — and the welcome din began.
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Through fast-gathering twilight he gave the word for the artillery to emerge and deliver what he hoped would be a surprise bombardment.
LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001
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Through fast-gathering twilight he gave the word for the artillery to emerge and deliver what he hoped would be a surprise bombardment.
LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001
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Through fast-gathering twilight he gave the word for the artillery to emerge and deliver what he hoped would be a surprise bombardment.
Lee’s Lieutenants Douglas Southall Freeman 1971
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Through fast-gathering twilight he gave the word for the artillery to emerge and deliver what he hoped would be a surprise bombardment.
Lee’s Lieutenants Douglas Southall Freeman 1971
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Through fast-gathering twilight he gave the word for the artillery to emerge and deliver what he hoped would be a surprise bombardment.
Lee’s Lieutenants Douglas Southall Freeman 1971
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