Watson stood against the back wall of the bridge, near an old brass pilot wheel, and bit his upper lip.

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He stared back, his upper lip trembling in what she thought was the beginning of an insult.

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Rather than just pulling the shears out, the surgeons decided to make an incision from his upper gum line on the right side of his upper lip to the anterior maxillary wall, which is in the middle of the cheek.

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An allegedly drunk Bahadur Singh first assaulted his wife Santosh and then chewed off the nose and upper lip of the infant, police said.

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Sport is an example: professional football was called off on the day of her death but stiff-upper-lip cricket went ahead after a minute's silence.

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