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Kruszynski swept her up in another rib-cracking bear hug.

The Green-Eyed Shwemyethna 2010

The Implementor saw a rib-cracking kick, followed by a backhanded swipe of the masked one's claws, and Ettojh went skidding limply across the deck.

Addicts Tree Riesener 2010

Roy gave me the usual rib-cracking bear hug and the dogs wiggled and fawned the way they do, but they settled down quickly because they were still tired from hunting.

Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

Roy gave me the usual rib-cracking bear hug and the dogs wiggled and fawned the way they do, but they settled down quickly because they were still tired from hunting.

Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

Normally I'm reduced to rib-cracking laughs by your column, but today as I procrastinate packing up to leave Shanghai by reading your latest column I find myself confronting in print all the feelings welling up inside.

The Stresses and Rewards 2008

Roy gave me the usual rib-cracking bear hug and the dogs wiggled and fawned the way they do, but they settled down quickly because they were still tired from hunting.

Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

Which isn't to say that some years the Oscars don't deliver a rib-cracking sucker punch a la Oklahoma sending eugenicist Tom Coburn to the United States Senate, the electoral equivalent of Million Dollar Baby winning Best Picture last year.

Kevin Hench: "Original" Sin 2008

Roy gave me the usual rib-cracking bear hug and the dogs wiggled and fawned the way they do, but they settled down quickly because they were still tired from hunting.

Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

Hagrid stooped down, bestowed upon Harry a cursory and rib-cracking hug, then ran back to the shattered window.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007

Hagrid stooped down, bestowed upon Harry a cursory and rib-cracking hug, then ran back to the shattered window.

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007