They slip between the cracks in society, flitting between rich and poor quarters, city and countryside.
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Each enormous block is perfectly cut, polished smooth and fitted so tight not a sheet of paper would slip between them.
Mr Ash, a retired professional train driver with more than 50 years' experience, said it was possible he did not lock a reversing lever into place, which could have allowed the locomotive to slip between forward and reverse.
Triangular blue pacu, iridescent, fiery-finned pirupatanga and streamlined yellow dorado gather in shoals or slip effortlessly between fallen tree trunks, eyeing the ungainly human intruders warily.
Twice he managed to slice through a narrow gap between third slip and gully, and on 19 he clearly edged a drive at Swann to Matt Prior.
Gambhir (44) twice edged Shoaib - noticeably overweight in his second match back after injury problems and a 13-game ban - between keeper and slip to the boundary early in his innings.
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In the absence of Kevin Pietersen, England gave Matt Prior another chance to prove he can bat forcefully neart the top of the order, but he missed out again, steering a catch to Gayle at slip after some busy running between the wickets in his 11.
Tendulkar was immediately in all sorts of trouble, struck on the helmet by another snorter from Shoaib and Laxman was lucky when he edged the "Rawalpindi Express" between keeper and first slip.
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The tiniest slip-up can spell the difference between success and failure.
The slip is affecting First TransPennine Express rail services between Doncaster, Scunthorpe and Cleethorpes and Northern Rail services between Doncaster, Goole and Hull.
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But they do fear that the brinkmanship between Yukos and the government could slip out of control and tip the company into bankruptcy.
For once, Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne did not manage a single wicket between them - although Warne contributed two slip catches to remove openers Gayle and Devon Smith.
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To meet safety rules, the engine is slung between the front wheels and designed to slip under the passenger's feet in a crash, while the raised floor protects against a side impact.
He attempts a drive and the ball flies between Law and Astle at first and second slip.
He thumped Tim Bresnan's opening delivery in cavalier fashion through the covers for four, but in attempting to punch the next ball into a similar area was fortunate that a thick edge flew between Paul Collingwood's fingers at second slip through sheer speed and force.
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"There's only about 18 inches between where the train is and the edge into the water, so someone could easily slip when the train comes along, and hoots, and they have to get off quickly, " he added.
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