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Snow Falling on Cedars
- Carl came from old-time island stock; his grandfather, Bavarian born, had established thirty acres of strawberry fields on prime growing land in Center Valley.†
Chpt 2
- His father had taken him one Saturday to the community center hall, where a dojo had been established in a corner of the gym.
Chpt 11established = created
- An air raid blackout signal system, details of which can be found elsewhere in this edition, was established.
Chpt 13 *
- B Company would go ashore at a place called Beach Red Two, he said, and the mortar section would place itself at the disposal of the weapons platoon leader, a Second Lieutenant Pratt, for the purpose of establishing a base of fire.
Chpt 16establishing = creating
- Pavelman pushed on mechanically with his briefing: rifle platoons, he explained, would cut a careful but persistent advance, followed by reinforcements in the second wave, command and support in the third wave, then more rifle companies and more support and command, until the beachhead was well established.
Chpt 16established = settled
- Kabuo knew that other fishermen were out there, drifting as he was and peering into the fog, blindly gliding across the bank in the hope of establishing their locations.†
Chpt 27
- Kabuo recognized Carl's neat hand in things, his way of establishing a rigid order, the force that had driven him, years before, to keep his tackle box shipshape.
Chpt 27establishing = creating
Definition:
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(establish as in: establish a positive tone) create, start, or set in [a] place