fire support
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Its long, stiff tail – which under magnification erupts into a series of tiny support rods paralleling the vertebrae – screams “Dinosaur!”
From Scientific American • Nov. 15, 2014
For instance, the sliver is so light that it seems to have hardly any weight, but it balances a tiny support.
From Makers of Many Things by Tappan, Eva March
He came up, thrusting his fingers into a fissure near the summit and finding a tiny support for his toes.
From The Long Portage by Bindloss, Harold
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