The same smell of winter clothing that never really dried out, of boots soaked through to dirty socks, unwashed feet.

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His shorts he had been wearing were soaked through, so court personnel gave him the trash bag to wear, Iannece said.

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Kid was soaked through, the white coat gone gray with wet.

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He rarely drinks alcohol, even though he regularly schmoozes at wine-soaked business suppers, because after midnight is when he powers through e-mails before collapsing at 3 a.m.

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Dollars that had been lent out through the Fed's various borrowing facilities were then soaked up in its open-market operations.

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Try-scoring opportunities were scarce in the second half as Bath soaked up the hosts' pressure and then added to their lead through Barkley's third penalty.

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