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Then on St. Michael's day, September 29th, 2006, Mike and two teammates had taken a position on the out-cropping of a rooftop when an insurgent grenade bounced off Mike's chest and fell in front of him.
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It looks more like a rock out-cropping, but you never know.
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JOHNSTON: Well, as I was making a traverse across the -- connecting between the tracks and the first snow cave, I started to tap on a couple of rocks that were kind of an out-cropping.
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On an out-cropping that overlooked Elmira, the Chemung River, and the “retreating ranges of distant blue hills” beyond,7 sat a small wooden octagonal enclosure with a peaked roof, glassed windows, wide doorway, coal grate, writing table, sofa, and chairs.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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On an out-cropping that overlooked Elmira, the Chemung River, and the “retreating ranges of distant blue hills” beyond,7 sat a small wooden octagonal enclosure with a peaked roof, glassed windows, wide doorway, coal grate, writing table, sofa, and chairs.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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Their guide motioned toward a huge rocky out-cropping some fifty yards away.
An Accidental Greek Wedding Carol Grace 2004
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Chalk — out-cropping here and there, and sheep up on those downs, no doubt — his father had always sworn by Southdown mutton.
Swan Song 2004
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Their guide motioned toward a huge rocky out-cropping some fifty yards away.
An Accidental Greek Wedding Carol Grace 2004
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Sure enough, about a hundred yards down the trail was a huge out-cropping of rock that formed a floor and a roof.
Wild Orchids Jude Deveraux 2003
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She was following the path that headed toward the sea, just east of the Point—the out-cropping of jagged rocks that jutted out over the quay.
The Pleasure Seekers Melanie George 2003
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