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[lee] / li /


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"When I saw Jerry lee Lewis I thought it was the best thing I'd ever seen apart from Little Richard - and then I saw Elton," he says.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2025

“I’m absolutely convinced that the tragedy was the result of wind and snow deposition, and the fact that they pitched camp in the lee of a ridge,” Wilkinson adds.

From National Geographic Jan. 28, 2021

“The holloway is absence,” Macfarlane explains; “a wood-way worn away by buried feet. … Walking, running, hiding man, huddled in the lee of a tree.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 20, 2020

No mayday call was picked up after the Destination left the lee of St. George Island and entered turbulent seas.

From Seattle Times Feb. 10, 2019

The camp was an enormous promenade of young people milling and walking in the fire lanes and huddling in the lee of barracks.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

Aged 3-4 years on the lees, this opulent sparkler from a venerable Champagne house comes in an elegant flagon-shaped bottle.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 20, 2025

Muscadet mirrors the marina freshness of oysters while adding the light richness of lees contact making a harmonious pairing.

From Salon Jun. 3, 2023

Like Muscadet, this is a wine with a lot of seaside influence with body, also often intensified by lees contact.

From Salon Jun. 3, 2023

Panettone baking competitions have sprung up in Singapore and Japan, where one version is leavened with sake lees.

From New York Times Dec. 22, 2022

“Now,” cried the man, and he aimed a furious swipe at Lancelot’s lees.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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