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Their characters might have been harbingers of an oncoming apocalypse, but their comprehension and compassion allowed them to emerge unscathed.
JESSICA WALTER AND GEORGE SEGAL PERSONIFIED A TIME WHEN MOVIES GREW UPANN HORNADAYMARCH 26, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIn some places, there’s less space than it’ll take to fit oncoming 18-wheelers side by side, but also no shoulders for them to put their outside wheels on.
HOW TO CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE IN BAJAWES SILERMARCH 9, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEIt should be able to change the asteroid’s orbit just enough to be detectable from Earth, demonstrating that this kind of strike could nudge an oncoming threat out of Earth’s way.
THIS WEEK’S AWESOME TECH STORIES FROM AROUND THE WEB (THROUGH OCTOBER 17)SINGULARITY HUB STAFFOCTOBER 17, 2020SINGULARITY HUB Donny found himself, dazed and alone, upon the cross-ties, groping toward the oncoming train.
A LOST HEROELIZABETH STUART PHELPS WARD AND HERBERT D. WARDOther forces now shape the oncoming generations and prepare them for further sensitive influences.
REPERTORY OF THE COMEDIE HUMAINE, COMPLETE, A -- ZANATOLE CERFBERR AND JULES FRANOIS CHRISTOPHEThe yacht nearly broached to, while the next oncoming wave broke fairly aboard, filling the cockpit half-full of water.
THE RIVAL CAMPERSRUEL PERLEY SMITHThe next moment Harvey, with a sudden turn of the tiller, threw the Surprise full tilt at the oncoming sloop.
THE RIVAL CAMPERSRUEL PERLEY SMITHThe hunter points it in a general way in the direction of the oncoming beast, pulls the trigger and hopes for the best.
IN AFRICAJOHN T. MCCUTCHEON“Better give him the horn,” suggested Tom, as the boys watched the oncoming boat.
THE RIVAL CAMPERS AFLOATRUEL PERLEY SMITHThey saw the oncoming hordes of brutes in a hellish-looking garb, and they sent back the answer: "Retire be damned!"
PRIVATE PEATHAROLD R. PEATWORDS RELATED TO ONCOMING
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.