They spoke little, each of them thinking his own thoughts, but it was a companionable silence, punctuated by the sputter and crackle of the fire. |
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They used energetic particles in a plasma to knock, or sputter, carbon atoms from a graphite surface, forming a carbon vapor. |
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All seemed well and good, right up until the engines started to cough and sputter, and then die. |
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After two or three strips, even these strains get the heave, expiring with, at best, a gassy sputter. |
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It started to sputter and putt-putt and just as I reached my friends' garage door, it died. |
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The roads and rails that connect southern Canada with the Northwest Territories sputter into the town and then die. |
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Then, with a small sputter of exhaust, the car was off again, pulling away from the lot and off towards the main road. |
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This sputterer has RF and DC sources which allow it sputter metallic and dielectric materials. |
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Walking tractors sputter amongst the street traffic, producing a trail of black smoke. |
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But even the funniest of these brainily ludicrous jokes sputter halfheartedly. |
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Yeah, for now, I'm angry enough that I can barely sputter, never mind speak or write coherently. |
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But whether an official recovery comes early or later, the economy will continue to sputter. |
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Motorola uses the same machinery to deposit the magnetic maternal as that used to sputter the magnetic oxide on to disk drive platters. |
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If the only policy tool you allow yourself to use is tax credits, your reform agenda will sputter into ineffectuality. |
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The veranda, roofless and open to the bitter blue sky where the seasonal gu rains sputter, serves as a makeshift neonatal ward. |
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The movie ought to sputter out here, but Crowe and Cruise don't drop the ball. |
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Occasionally a baby will be caught off-guard by mother's strong let-down and he will choke and sputter a bit. |
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They continue to sputter up and down, without fully recovering. |
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And racial divisions may become worse if the economy continues to sputter. |
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As his story moves into the present day, it starts to sputter. |
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The pollen grains were directly covered with a thin layer of gold in sputter coater and examined using a scanning electron microscopy, and the microphotographs were taken. |
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