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The staysails between the masts are named from the sail immediately below the highest attachment point of the stay holding up the staysail.
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This has a gigantic tie-beam holding up a king post ceiling.
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Players signaled to the sky, holding up the numbers two and one, on numerous occasions.
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To their credit, those running the meeting made for an entertaining night's racing, keeping the races turning over despite four rollovers holding up stockcar and ministock races.
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The work shows a butler holding up a glass which is smudged with lipstick and a bottle of absinthe on a side table.
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He did the 880 yards (half-mile) in 1,56,4 and 660 yards in 1,20,4 (world record holding up for 26 years).
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An older man is holding up his thumb and forefinger, indicating that they are only little girls.
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The cipactli is holding up a person, of which only the sandals remain.
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During one such incident, he was shown approaching so close that his e-mail address could be read from a sign that he was holding up.
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The analogy of a sock puppet is of a puppeteer holding up both hands and supplying dialogue to both puppets simultaneously.
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