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His childlike smiles are every bit as captivating as his petrifying stares of death.
www.theroar.com.au
The unusual fossil, formed by sand petrifying into sedimentary rock over millennia, clearly shows the distinctive pattern of large scales that covered the creature's hide.
www.independent.ie
The fall stretched every one of those unbearably petrifying seconds.
www.salon.com
And clearly he has a forensic ability to break down the petrifying financial sequence involved in designing and selling a collection.
fashion.telegraph.co.uk
But very few of today's fans will know the petrifying real life events that inspired the film - or the curse surrounding it.
www.mirror.co.uk
So following in her footsteps is kind of petrifying.
www.telegraph.co.uk
But then they put them on again and suddenly they're petrifying.
www.ibtimes.com.au
Still, for many of us the idea of letting boredom bloom remains too petrifying to contemplate.
www.telegraph.co.uk
It is also a warning against the possibility of a petrifying future.
www.interaksyon.com
It was petrifying, but it put a stop to fantasies of being able to do anything.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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