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  • The woman made a half-turn of her head and reached for her boy over the seat.

    Bucolic Craig Lancaster 2011

  • Again and again he stooped, caught her hind-legs and flung her up into the half-turn.

    CHAPTER XXVIII 2010

  • The stories often have a mystery at their heart, which adds to the suspense, and a twist or half-turn at the end.

    2009 May « One-Minute Book Reviews 2009

  • It would be perfect, though, if it allowed an extra half-turn of rotation -- my laptop's power cord is on the bottom in EeeRotate's activated mode, and so it would be neat if you could make it so that the keyboard is to the screen's right. nVidia can provide this functionality for just the screen, but does so without hotkeys and without adjusting trackpad orientation.team. bates

    EeeRotate Orients Your Laptop Screen For Easy Reading | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • The stories often have a mystery at their heart, which adds to the suspense, and a twist or half-turn at the end.

    2009 May 28 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2009

  • Audi A half-turn of the leather-stitched, flat-bottom steering wheel will put you in Mongolia.

    Audi R8: The Apex of Gasoline-Power 2010

  • And so you stop your discussion and you half-turn and say, “Yes?”

    2010 February | Johnny B. Truant 2010

  • We were giving each stall a half-turn, which just meant we filled water troughs and scooped any extreme piles of manure.

    Kings of Colorado David E. Hilton 2011

  • And so you stop your discussion and you half-turn and say, “Yes?”

    I’m relaxing my kung-fu grip | Johnny B. Truant 2010

  • We were giving each stall a half-turn, which just meant we filled water troughs and scooped any extreme piles of manure.

    Kings of Colorado David E. Hilton 2011

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