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When they passed on, the title settled upon their only child, whose loyalty to his biker family caused him to will it to the organization upon his demise.

The Emerald Triangle Archer, Miles 2003

As she watched, a bevy of emotions colored his expression from happiness to remorse to guilt before his expression settled into a cool mask.

Chasing a Rogue Victoria Malvey 2002

The title settled upon -- the only one that explains its object -- is

The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2) Harry Furniss

Soon after, the label settled into an expansive office compound on Sunset Boulevard that encompassed an entire city block.

chicagotribune.com - 2009

For the last week he had been what he called settled at Hampstead.

The Creators A Comedy May Sinclair 1904

Even of those who are more what they call settled, the greater portion is less, probably, at home than whisking about the world.

Gryll Grange Thomas Love Peacock 1825

And will remain "settled" law. yes, but what will the religious right do?

Sotomayor calls Roe v. Wade abortion ruling 'settled' law 2009

His expression settled into something sad and hard as he looked at Ingrid’s face, and he handed it back to me.

The Legacy Kirsten Tranter 2010

Since Natura had been in what they call a settled state in the world, it had always been his custom to distinguish the anniversary of that day which gave him birth, by providing a polite entertainment for his friends and kindred: he had now attained to his fortieth year, and though it had been that in which he had known more poignant disquiets, than in any one of his whole life before; yet thinking that to neglect the observation of it now, would give occasion for remarks on his reasons for so doing, he resolved to treat it with the usual ceremony.

Life's Progress Through The Passions Or, The Adventures of Natura Eliza Fowler Haywood 1724

Kon-Tiki, by Thor Heyerdahl (1950) Nine balsa-wood logs, a big square sail, a bamboo "cabin" with a roof made of banana leaves — thus did Norwegian Heyerdahl and his companions set sail from Peru toward Polynesia to prove a point: that the South Pacific was settled from the east.

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