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I'm not even going to ask which of the techniques you favor - Ink and Vellum are worldblazing stories, even though the story is, to some degree, * about* worldbuilding (if worldbuilding could be recursive and re-entrant).
Notes on Worldscape Hal Duncan 2009
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That's only supported on FSes that declare they are re-entrant enough to support it - just FFS for now For FAT et al, the snapshot needs to be on another filesystem which can be another of the same type, as long as it's a different mount.
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It was surmounted by cupolas which thronged around a second story supporting a kind of rotunda, from which sprang a cone with a re-entrant curve and terminating in a ball on the summit.
Salammbo 2003
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Carthage might hold out for a long time; her broad walls presented a series of re-entrant and projecting angles, an advantageous arrangement for repelling assaults.
Salammbo 2003
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In the eastern half of the valley, in the dangerous re-entrant from where the Dutch-Belgians had fled at the first approach of the French, the First Battalion of the 27th Regiment of the Line now stood in square and suffered.
Sharpe's Waterloo Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 1990
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The Dutch-Belgian infantry at the re-entrant of the ridge took one close look at the nearest column and fled.
Sharpe's Waterloo Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 1990
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Doubtless some troops had to be stationed to block the dangerous re-entrant, but, after Quatre Bras, it seemed futile to expect the Belgians to stand and fight.
Sharpe's Waterloo Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 1990
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His trousers were immaculate light-grey flannels, belted at the waist — which in his case meant somewhere on the re-entrant undersurface of that ballooning midriff.
Salvage for the Saint Charteris, Leslie, 1907- 1983
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Frontal fire from hidden trenches on the opposite bank and enfilade fire from a re-entrant flank killed all the horses and the greater part of the personnel, and although the utmost gallantry was shown by all ranks ten of the twelve guns were left in Boer hands.
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The outstanding features of this period were the digging and then the taking over of the new trenches across the big re-entrant on their right on 2nd
The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service, 1914-1918 John W. [Editor] Arthur
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