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Below decks one of the crew found a torpedo's two-foot fin and rudder of fine stainless steel �it had sheered off the toilet seat from the crew's "head" and lodged in the crew's quarters.

From Time Magazine Archive

The latter, however, had sheered off from its base course well to the right when the alarm was sounded.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)

He was aware that Ranny had sheered off a little to the right, and knew that he meant to stop the boy racing up from that direction.

From Under Boy Scout Colors by Ames, Joseph Bushnell

Marshal Schomberg, thwarted by bad weather, had just rallied his troops which had been cast by the winds on different parts of the coast, when it was perceived that the enemy had sheered off.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 by Black, Robert

The great hills looked as if the knife of a Titan had sheered off their summits.

From The Highgrader by Hutchison, D. C.