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position and remain absolutely still hour after hour
Most of the day they had to assume a haunched, kneeling position, and remain absolutely still, hour after hour.
— from Korea's Fight for Freedom by Fred A. (Fred Arthur) McKenzie

pictures asked Ruth as she helped Alice hook
"When are they going to begin taking the pictures?" asked Ruth, as she helped Alice hook up a waist that fastened in the back.
— from The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm or, Queer Happenings While Taking Rural Plays by Laura Lee Hope

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