Some of the pilgrims walked from Baghdad, making the 60-mile trip on bare feet.

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These unmovable surfaces are harsh on bare feet, and the thin rubber sole of many flip-flops does little to adequately absorb the shock they produce.

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Houston was in agony, dealing with bare feet on the hot sand, and now on the black asphalt.

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He looked down at the floor, at his splayed bare feet planted on the polished rosewood parquet.

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No bare feet -- It should go without saying that being cooped up on an airplane with others mere inches from you is painful enough with everyone clothed.

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