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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Addition of successively higher odd harmonics steepens the wings and reduces the amplitude of the fluctuations in between.
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After a few seconds the attitude should be allowed to steepen up gradually and smoothly until the full climbing angle is reached.
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As his dive steepened he felt the speed pick up again; there was still life in the controls, somewhere.
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Eventually the rock steepens and turns blocky.
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Killion steepened his dive and began picking his targets.
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The glider should not be steepened up or levelled out immediately after leaving the ground.
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The valley of the White Kielder Burn steepened again as I trudged north, its curves tightening.
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We made it to the Pastukhov rocks without a break and steered left where the slope steepened considerably.