yo-heave-ho

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• There was Carol White, a ho-hum homemaker who finds herself besieged by multiple chemical sensitivity in Safe.

• Lily Allen explained away the poor sales and ho-hum critical reception to Sheezus by…basically blaming other people.

• Then, Rogen convinces Franco to drink some contaminated water from a stream—which causes the 127 Hours Oscar nominee to dry-heave.

• But Lomax can heave a small sigh of relief, at least for now: Legislative reform to the 1033 program will not happen in 2014.

• The Chinook vibrated with deeper and deeper groans until its twin engines managed to heave up our dead weight.

• An' if any of yo' uns insinuates I am afraid, yo' uns will have to settle with Josh Hicks, an' that mighty quick.

• Just then Hicks caught sight of Duncan, and yelled: "Bill, did yo' un meet a party of about a dozen men a few minutes ago?"

• The door banged shut behind him and I heard him at the foot of the stairs roaring "Ho-ho-there-ho!"

• He watched her, saw the little body heave down its entire length, noted the small convulsive movements of it.

• "I'll bet yo 'un a hoss I ken put a ball through that Yank's heart at fifty paces," he roared.