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pointing up



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Crow-Armstrong narrowed his stance, moved closer to the plate, and shifted his hands from shoulder-level to his chest with his bat pointing up.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

“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

Quavo and Offset danced together onstage before pointing up toward a towering projection of a space shuttle blasting off.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 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

Nettie never let go my waist This my husband Samuel, she say, pointing up.

From "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker




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