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WHIRWill Help in Return (message boards)
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However, a set-top video box can be expected to whir and growl almost continually.
Hard Drives Meet Hard Bodies--'Baywatch' Style
When trout fishing, I often first notice the dipper from the whir of its wings or its cheerful call.
Joy-bird
hermetic world of cells sloughing, whir of the body's constant
Retreat
Giant tubular bird mincers that whir and moan 24 hours a day and eventually, after a year or so, produce just enough energy to light up Mrs Llewellyn's bedside lamp."
Letter: An ill wind
As the break ended and the workshop began to whir once again, instructor Hubert McCabe reflected on the proceedings.
Trade school apprentices battle for "Golden Hammer"
Unfazed, the bander clamps an ID band around the bird's twiglike leg, opens his hand, and watches the hummingbird whir away.
A bird in the hand. (Northern California travel guide)
In an article about the future of online grocery shopping among the ruins of Webvan, the reporter wrote: 'At a giant centralized warehouse, automated carousels and conveyors whir into action, placing fresh kiwis, arboreal rice and herbal tea [into plastic boxes]....'
Meet Son of Encarta, Sr., then relax and enjoy our yummy arboreal rice
After all, how believable is a computer-generated invading army of androids when you don't hear a single stomp or whir?
THE SOUND OF STAR WARS
bodies, in their whir of glory, clash of guitars, projected flash of
The Pure Thing
"American life is now accompanied by the 24-hour whir of 300 BioWatch detectors in 30 major urban centers, with more to come," continued the survey.
Police state preview in NYC--I
If you listen, in the treetops, you can hear a whir of wings,
Song for April
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