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It leaves the vulnerable feeling more anxious, and the sophisticated feeling more jerked around.
WSJ: Noonan: Government by Freakout
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When he saw me watching him, he grinned suddenly, then frowned and jerked his head away.
NEWYORKER: Miracle Polish
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When he reached the end of the chain, it jerked and he dropped as if shot.
NEWYORKER: Puppy
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He jerked the line to set the hook and reeled in a 20-inch walleye.
WSJ: Fishing Is Just Not the Same Without a Very Cold Brew
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Their objection angered Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who claimed he was being "jerked around" by Republicans.
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His mind veered toward her now, and he jerked it back with a prayer: Let me pull this off.
NEWYORKER: Tenth of December
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Then he laughed and stood up and waved his gloved hands again and jerked the light chain, bringing down darkness.
NEWYORKER: Mr. Bones
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He rode out the storm on the roof of a transport truck after the wind and flood jerked him out of his shoes.
CNN: Ruins, deaths don't stop family's return
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But its handling of the crisis has been tough: interest rates were jerked up to punitive levels, and stability of a sort has returned within days.
ECONOMIST: South-East Asia��s currencies are not safe yet
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Obie jerked up his shirt and began buttoning it.
NEWYORKER: Idols
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Vaughn jerked backward and the man dodged away, grinning.
NEWYORKER: The Taliban��s Opium War
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Bagehot is jerked from his reveries.
ECONOMIST: The most bathetic reshuffle in history
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When the sense of alarm she had been holding so coolly at bay suddenly broke through, she made a lightning assessment of the oncoming traffic and with a breathtaking lack of deliberation jerked her steering wheel to the left and whipped past the Range Rover as she made a left turn against the light.
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