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  • Gabi and Aaron were standing right next to a massive anchor-shaped vodka luge, to which Gabi kept pointing excitedly and from which Aaron kept topping up his glass.

    The Little Lady Agency and the Prince Hester Browne 2008

  • Gabi and Aaron were standing right next to a massive anchor-shaped vodka luge, to which Gabi kept pointing excitedly and from which Aaron kept topping up his glass.

    The Little Lady Agency and the Prince Hester Browne 2008

  • Gabi and Aaron were standing right next to a massive anchor-shaped vodka luge, to which Gabi kept pointing excitedly and from which Aaron kept topping up his glass.

    The Little Lady Agency and the Prince Hester Browne 2008

  • I ignored the finger and pointed instead to one small photograph of an anchor-shaped arrangement of bones set in an alcove beside a cracked wall.

    The Black Angel John Connolly 2005

  • Head and thorax black and shining, with scattered pale pubescence; the mandibles and clypeus yellow, the latter with an anchor-shaped black spot.

    Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various

  • The Holothuridæ or sea-cucumbers possess a similar protection, many of them having anchor-shaped spicules embedded in their skin, as the Synapta; while others (Cuviera squamata) are covered with a hard calcareous pavement.

    Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

  • Life preservers hung on the deck railings and the walls of the main dining room, where the chairs had anchor-shaped backrests.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • Life preservers hung on the deck railings and the walls of the main dining room, where the chairs had anchor-shaped backrests.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • Life preservers hung on the deck railings and the walls of the main dining room, where the chairs had anchor-shaped backrests.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

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