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I tried to barrel through a five-foot drift that looked fluffy, small in comparison to the big piles that would come later in the winter, and ended up high-centered on a solid pedestal of snow, all four wheels off the ground.

Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

I tried to barrel through a five-foot drift that looked fluffy, small in comparison to the big piles that would come later in the winter, and ended up high-centered on a solid pedestal of snow, all four wheels off the ground.

Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

I tried to barrel through a five-foot drift that looked fluffy, small in comparison to the big piles that would come later in the winter, and ended up high-centered on a solid pedestal of snow, all four wheels off the ground.

Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

I tried to barrel through a five-foot drift that looked fluffy, small in comparison to the big piles that would come later in the winter, and ended up high-centered on a solid pedestal of snow, all four wheels off the ground.

Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

And cattle have poor depth perception so they have the illusion that they can walk on the floor but when they get in they find out that they're high-centered and the next thing they know they're just riding along and just following each other.

Part Two: Talking with Dr. Temple Grandin, Author of "Thinking in Pictures" 2009

We rescued a turtle that was trapped high-centered on a fence rail.

Silver Wedding Rings Becca 2009

HUNTER: There are some things that you can get on an SUV like electronic stability control that helps mitigate the problem of these high-centered vehicle, the vehicle electronically and that's going to be standard equipment on all vehicles in the next couple of years.

CNN Transcript Mar 12, 2008 2008

With his handlebar mustache, bowlegs, and raisin-skinned face, Bam White was a man high-centered in the wrong century.

Excerpt: The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan 2005

Getting high-centered, bogged down in snow or mud, or stranded by engine failure is simply a part of hunting.

Survival Tips for Living Through a Snowstorm in Your Truck 2004

His efforts for a medal were dampened early when he got high-centered on the pommel horse.

USATODAY.com - Hamm touches sky on bars, wins America's first all-around title 2003