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Its report sent Sweet Grass stock, which had been ranging between 4 and 5�, down to 3.

From Time Magazine Archive

We departed hence on the 16th, and some days after joined the Gloucester, which had been ranging the coast, and intercepted some vessels, though not so valuable as ours.

From Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. Vol II by Ross, John, Sir

One day the scouts, who had been ranging the hills, brought news of several large herds of antelopes in a small valley at no great distance.

From The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West by Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de

Rowdy had been ranging about the clearing while the conversation had been going on.

From Boy Scouts in Southern Waters by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)

Two young tiger cubs had been found by some villagers, while their mother had been ranging in quest of prey.

From Stories of Animal Sagacity by Weir, Harrison