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The webs snap taut as the crew sews both sides of the ship together.
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At once the balloon stretched taut, straining at the ropes.
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“No Other Choice” exhibits spasms of taut thriller and family melodrama, but its bare-knuckled satire, sprinkled with slapstick, plays as Park’s funniest film.
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For another, there’s no way this taut, wrinkle-free woman is 45 years old, as her many magazine profiles claim.
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The rhythm section remained taut and rigid—live musicians mimicking the curt slap of hip-hop.
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