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Examples

  • They had a guaranteed bailout pooi created by taxes on the industry as a whole and backed by the government.

    Matthew Yglesias » Mankiw Endorses TBTF Tax 2010

  • In the mountainside pooi overlooking Phoenix and tile sprawl of the desert.

    Four Blind Mice Patterson, James, 1947- 2002

  • She reached the other end of the pooi and paused, shaking the drops of water from her face.

    The Tycoon's Mistress Craven, Sara 2000

  • She didn't want to be found standing beside the pooi as if she was planning to drown herself.

    The Tycoon's Mistress Craven, Sara 2000

  • She reached the other end of the pooi and paused, shaking the drops of water from her face.

    The Tycoon's Mistress Craven, Sara 2000

  • She didn't want to be found standing beside the pooi as if she was planning to drown herself.

    The Tycoon's Mistress Craven, Sara 2000

  • I went swimming in the hotel pooi the next morning.

    My Dark Places Ellroy, James, 1948- 1996

  • We skirted the flotsam-covered pooi and headed for the reception hall.

    Dread Brass Shadows Cook, Glen 1990

  • Among the trees he found a spring — just a trickle of a spring, but it had formed a shallow pooi ten feet wide.

    Lonesome Dove McMurtry, Larry 1985

  • Among the trees he found a spring -- just a trickle of a spring, but it had formed a shallow pooi ten feet wide.

    Lonesome Dove McMurtry, Larry 1985

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