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A wash of changing hues — blues, reds, greens and yellows — with hanging jewel - and balloon-shaped pieces and bright floor-to-ceiling tubes of glass beads
Governors Ball features a colorful theme and praise for the host 2009
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Similarly, decorator Tom Delavan mixes in balloon-shaped test-tube vases with his super straight drinking glasses.
Poshing Up Kitchen Shelves Sara Ruffin Costello 2011
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Over the course of three minutes or so, the footage shows a white creature with a balloon-shaped head that keeps popping up and down in a windowsill that was 8 feet above ground.
Alien Video Shown in Denver: Puppet or Real E.T.? | Disinformation 2008
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Her skin is much darker in this rendition, and she grasps the stems of a balloon-shaped bundle of calla lilies and sunflowers about three times her size while her feet poke out from the hem her red dress.
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Her skin is much darker in this rendition, and she grasps the stems of a balloon-shaped bundle of calla lilies and sunflowers about three times her size while her feet poke out from the hem her red dress.
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Humans have a whole garden of specialized human-dwelling bacteria -- tank-car E. coli, balloon-shaped staphylococcus, streptococcus, corynebacteria, micrococcus, and so on.
bacteria: a post in quotes jlundberg 2007
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A set of outriggers ending in balloon-shaped pontoons jutted out to either side to provide balance.
The Dragons of Krynn Weis, Margaret 1994
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The dominant lifeforms on the planet were night-black, balloon-shaped things with bat wings, electrically powered organic beings that converted solar energy or thermal gradients into electricity, with which they powered their bodies as well as electrolyzed water for the hydrogen that gave them lift.
Alliance Oltion, Jerry 1990
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The passenger-cargo area was still balloon-shaped, but it was a streamlined, tapered balloon.
The Tar-Aiym Krang Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983
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The passenger-cargo area was still balloon-shaped, but it was a streamlined, tapered balloon.
The Tar-Aiym Krang Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983
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