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Example Sentences
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Eighteen days later, another DC-6 had a baggage-compartment fire, near Gallup, N. Mex., but with no explosive flares to feed it the crew got it under control and the airplane landed safely.
From Time Magazine Archive
His downed flight mate, Captain Charles L. Ferguson, 35, of Clovis, N. Mex., hid all night in the jungle before his rescue next day.
From Time Magazine Archive
If the parking site at Paw Paw, Mich., palls, if tornadoes threaten Thunderwoman Park in Iowa, if Oso Ridge, N. Mex., turns out soso, there's always another rallying ground down an Interstate.
From Time Magazine Archive
A similar looking but smaller model in Clayton, N, Mex., produces electricity for more than half the town's 3,000 residents.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1921 Vorhies found all mounds within 4 or 5 miles of Albuquerque, N. Mex., deserted by spectabilis, resulting probably from overgrazing by sheep and goats during a succession of dry years.
From Life History of the Kangaroo Rat by Vorhies, Charles Taylor
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