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  • Given the treacherous nature of the local topography (most of the cliffs that riddle the region are composed of Navajo sandstone, a crumbly stratum that erodes into smooth, bulging precipices) and Ruess's penchant for dangerous climbing, this is a credible scenario.†  (source)
  • Everyone calls them "the Fatigues"—not just because they have a penchant toward khaki military clothing, but also because they always seem exhausted.†  (source)
  • They knelt over the body and said aloud all of the good things they knew of Mac, laughing a little at his penchant for mess hall pie.†  (source)
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  • I knew that he could not see the soiled covers or the marred pages from where he sat, and even though his penchant for cleanliness was often annoying, I did not like to think of his disappointment when he saw the books as they really were.†  (source)
  • That is, except for the young girl with the penchant for yellow who appeared to be spying on him from her table behind the fountain.†  (source)
  • Enrique blames the boy's father for his aggressiveness and penchant to fight.†  (source)
  • He wondered if Teabing's penchant for spreading the wealth had gotten him in trouble somehow; the French authorities seemed very intent on containing him.†  (source)
  • But poor Andy —even before he was skipped ahead a grade—had always been a chronically picked-upon kid: scrawny, twitchy, lactose-intolerant, with skin so pale it was almost transparent, and a penchant for throwing out words like 'noxious' and 'chthonic' in casual conversation.†  (source)
  • He had decided against using Hansford's two young hustler friends and their stories about Hansford's plan to kill or injure Williams, fearing they might backfire; besides, Hansford's penchant for violence was amply established through other witnesses.†  (source)
  • It had been a shocking murder, especially vivid, even though the paper had a penchant for covering murders in detail.†  (source)
  • I'm outmatched and my only ally is a hundred-pound sophomore with a penchant for the extraterrestrial.†  (source)
  • He had a penchant for loudly announcing the obvious.†  (source)
  • Sort of like the Grim Reaper, but with a penchant for sticking souls on a giant thorn tree...while the people's souls are still in their bodies.†  (source)
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