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  • He picked up a blackened SUV between two spike-like fingers and studied the corpses inside.

    Blood Lite II: Overbite Kevin J. Anderson 2010

  • Morne Trois Pitons is the basaltic spike-like remains of a former volcano rising to approximately 1,300 m, within 8 km of the sea.

    Morne Trois Pitons, Dominica 2009

  • It does this by using spike-like molecules called Hemagglutinins (HA) that bind to particular receptors on the surface of cells in the body.

    Medpundit 2004

  • It does this by using spike-like molecules called Hemagglutinins (HA) that bind to particular receptors on the surface of cells in the body.

    Archive 2004-02-01 2004

  • Implanting the last of the thoralls by jamming its single spike-like foot into an appropriate segment of sand, he stood back on both legs to survey his handiwork.

    Running From The Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005

  • Implanting the last of the thoralls by jamming its single spike-like foot into an appropriate segment of sand, he stood back on both legs to survey his handiwork.

    Running from the Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005

  • Implanting the last of the thoralls by jamming its single spike-like foot into an appropriate segment of sand, he stood back on both legs to survey his handiwork.

    Running From The Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005

  • Implanting the last of the thoralls by jamming its single spike-like foot into an appropriate segment of sand, he stood back on both legs to survey his handiwork.

    Running From The Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005

  • Australia; a slender stem, about thirty feet in height, gives off a few branches with immense digitate dark and glossy leaves, and long spike-like racemes of small scarlet flowers, a great resort for insects and insect-feeding birds.

    The Confessions of a Beachcomber 2003

  • There were model airplanes, tanks and spaceships, plastic alien critters of every description, movie posters, and a model of the spike-like Trylon tower from the 1939 World's Fair.

    Far Beyond the Stars Steven Barnes 2000

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