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Examples
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Outraged muscles went into breath-stopping spasms to protect themselves.
They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff Josh Spilker 2010
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But the really eye-catching, breath-stopping slogans took aim at the most powerful man in China.
Archive 2009-05-18 philip j cunningham 2009
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Never a breath-stopping beauty, but something more subtle and indefinable.
Sudden Rain Maritta Wolff 2009
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But the really eye-catching, breath-stopping slogans took aim at the most powerful man in China.
WORKING CLASS HEROES philip j cunningham 2009
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With the possible exception of The Sopranos, no series on television created a narrative of such breath-stopping intensity as the dark story of Detectives Vic Mackey and Shane Vendrell, long-time partners and best friends who became arch-enemies following freakazoid Shane's murder of their other buddy, kind-hearted Lem.
"Dexter," "American Idol" and More: The Top 10 Programs of 2007 -- Part One 2008
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Well, we thought we'd do our bit to help everyone involved remain clothed, and so we're happy to offer a copy of the novel that The New York Times called "the best kind of moral fiction," and the Los Angeles Times called "breath-stopping.."
The Elegant Variation: TEV 2008
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Well, we thought we'd do our bit to help everyone involved remain clothed, and so we're happy to offer a copy of the novel that The New York Times called "the best kind of moral fiction," and the Los Angeles Times called "breath-stopping.."
TEV GIVEAWAY: TRESPASS TEV 2008
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This stone structure perched on a knife-edged cliff, known as the Kehlstein, was indeed accessed by a breath-stopping drive along a series of hairpin curves, followed by a ride up an elevator shaft hewn through solid rock.
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One of the fastest players in college football, Ginn sprinted from end zone to end zone without being touched on that breath-stopping, 100-yard return.
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This stone structure perched on a knife-edged cliff, known as the Kehlstein, was indeed accessed by a breath-stopping drive along a series of hairpin curves, followed by a ride up an elevator shaft hewn through solid rock.
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