• He initially rejected the opportunity to refer the incident, but his attention was drawn to the big screen when the Indian section of the crowd reacted with howls of derision at the sight of Collingwood's bat short of the crease.

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  • Our penance will be the sleepless nights, the fools we will make of ourselves at loud noises, the looks on our faces at the sight of swerving cars, and the pains in our chests when no one is awake.

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  • The two dogs lay on the front porch, lifting their muzzles at the sight of the familiar car, some brief motion from each tail, but neither bothering to leave his spot.

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  • In a pep-talk to about 70 staffers, "he said, 'We're in a battle for the future of the country, '" said one staffer, who described the party's rank-and-file as "fired up" at the sight of the former president.

    CNN: Jonathan Karl: Reporter's notebook

  • As the first participants - known as mah song, or "horses of the gods" in Thai - pass by, you may feel your stomach lurch at the sight of the large, shiny and pointed objects thrust through their cheeks.

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  • As Thursday's practice neared its end, several Rangers took over one half of the ice for a series of breakaway drills, a common sight at the conclusion of the team's workouts.

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  • Once we spent the holidays high up in the Swiss Alps, where my body stiffened at the sight of deep hollow chasms emptied out of the rocky earth.

    NEWYORKER: Naima

  • It was an emotional decision for the elected officials who made up the 28-member task force that voted unanimously for building a new school at the sight of one the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.

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  • We had all witnessed the awkward sight at the end of the show when four of the Spice Girls leapt to their feet as one and loudly applauded the performers, only to discover that everyone else had remained in their seats.

    BBC: Is Posh the real paragon of Girl Power?

  • "When you walk in, you are overcome by the smell of decay, and by awe at the sight of these staggeringly high piles of paper, " said Kate Doyle, of the National Security Archive, an American campaign group that specialises in tracing documents.

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  • Even the No 10 policeman appeared to blink twice at the sight of Rhodri Morgan on the prime minister's doorstep.

    BBC: Morgan makes it to Number 10

  • The nine-times champions of Europe dominated the first half and should have been out of sight at the break.

    BBC: Real Madrid 1-1 Lyon (agg 1-2)

  • Even the recently observed phenomenon of intergenerational epigenetics, which at first sight looks like the inheritance of acquired characteristics (a real Darwinian no-no), probably has less to it than meets the eye.

    ECONOMIST: Richard Dawkins under fire

  • If this is standard practice, then is it any wonder why the smaller labels, and ergo the smaller bands, are up in arms at the lack of revenue and the sight of other people reaping the rewards of their hard work?

    FORBES: Streaming Music Companies Pass the Buck on issue of Artist Payments

  • Sport saw the Winter Olympics in Japan, the departure of Ruud Gullit from the manager's job at Chelsea and the rare sight of an England Test victory over the West Indies.

    BBC: click on a month

  • Then there was the time a year ago when, in a dark tunnel, the driver of an oncoming car became so unnerved at the sight of Nemitz's lantern-lit coach that he backed up into the wall.

    FORBES: Antique Roadshow

  • At the airport check-in counter, a clerk brightened at the sight of my American passport.

    NEWYORKER: Election, Monitored

  • And I talked about the, you know, the experience of sort of going out in the woods and at first being afraid to leave sight of the buildings and people and later on it became being afraid to come back to the sight of buildings and people.

    NPR: Rocky Mountain Activist Carole King

  • This new project, directed by Steven Brill, is a comedy about bullying a risky topic at the best of times and Brill cannot resist the temptation to delve for laughs, at once simple and uneasy, at the sight of inflicted pain.

    NEWYORKER: Drillbit Taylor

  • As they arrive in Zermatt, visitors give whoops of joy at their first sight of the Matterhorn (4, 478 metres).

    BBC: Mini guide to the Valais, Switzerland

  • The injury occurred right in front of the Louisville bench, where the players gasped and turned away quickly at the sight of Ware's dangling leg, which was broken in two places.

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  • With her skin pallor verging on translucence, and a long, tigerish mane, she could be a Victorian dream of the untouchable, and you can picture Millais and Rossetti dropping their brushes at the sight of her.

    NEWYORKER: Hot and Bothered

  • We took in 360 degrees of unobstructed views - the five boroughs, the bridges and rivers, the ocean, even downtown (a sight denied at the top of Rockefeller Center, blocked by Empire).

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  • Google's move on Motorola and its warehouse of patents appeared bold at first sight, offering the prospect of a more integrated Android ecosystem.

    BBC: Is Apple winning too often?

  • His eyes were sparkling at the sight of a cacophony of wild life in Africa.

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  • Does your kid freak out at the sight of little green flecks in his food?

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  • Older men are known to get helpless high school crushes at the sight of beautiful younger women.

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  • We pass a lone ostrich and a herd of springbok, which scatter in all directions at the sight of us.

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  • School kids wave in excitement at the sight of Iraqi officials who might pay their teachers their salaries.

    NPR: U.S. Forces Seek to Cement Gains in Iraq

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