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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Meanwhile, the past clings with the gristle of regret to the bones of her characters' lives.
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She ate fried gristle and fat.
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Slipstreaming away, waiting for the bits of gristle from the sandwiches.
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Still joined, the central bone was spotted with gristle and blood.
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The meat is fat and gristle from tough old yaks, sheep and goats.
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This series has all the markings of a seven-gamer, hard-fought, with lots of grit and gristle and not much elegance.
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Tonight, Lown gets down to the gristle with a lecture titled Mountain Men Vittles.
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What does Mary always say, horrible creature, as she spears the hideous lumps of gristle on her fork?