The period known today as the Little Ice Age was just starting to poke through.

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And right wing Briscoe, who was only called into the squad this week, added another three minutes from the end when he collected substitute Eastmond's sweet poke through.

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Every few seconds, the creature's head or dorsal fin would poke through the murky waters, creating ripples and drawing murmurs from onlookers, who stood in the cold with cameras.

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Somehow I instinctively poke my way back through the gray to the looping exit, and limp into the Holiday Inn parking lot.

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After scoring on a power-play with 12:03 left to cut the Canadiens lead to 4-3, he capped a scramble in front by diving in head first to poke a loose puck through goalie Peter Budaj's legs to force overtime.

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Crosby crossed the blue line and poked the puck ahead as the defensemen closed in, lifting his stick before stepping through a pair of flailing poke checks.

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"You don't want to poke holes in it" accidentally while pressing lumpy sauces through, he says.

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Instead of trying to poke the Oracle elephant in the eye, Salesforce should be waving to it through its rearview mirror.

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Unlike traditional antibiotics, which must get through the cell walls or membranes of the germs, these compounds poke holes in the outside of the bacteria, killing them.

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