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pointing up



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“I’ve been up there on ropes, looking for it for six summers, just in case we were wrong,” he says, pointing up at sheer cliff faces.

From BBC • May 24, 2024

The first time the ad rotated in, Capaldi tried a couple of photos pointing up at himself — eh, not so funny.

From New York Times • May 6, 2023

When Petit is on a wire, the one thing he does not want to see is a smartphone pointing up at him.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2023

He watched, past the waves, a whale breach, its tail pointing up, as if it were balancing beneath the sea on its great, balene’d snout.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2023

Suddenly, an image of Kyle pointing up at the camera lens appeared on every video screen in the Electronic Learning Center.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein




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