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right and left and left and right

to both sides; on all sides; everywhere. I dropped the tennis balls, and they rolled right and left. There were children everywhere—running right and left.

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An open country to right and left and forward; behind, a wood. A Son of the Gods by Bierce, Ambrose View in context Every day I suffer a thousand hardships and misfortunes, and have hard work to get even enough bad barley bread to keep myself and my family alive, while the lucky Sindbad spends money right and left and lives upon the fat of the land The Arabian Nights by Lang, Andrew View in context There was no way of going around it, for it seemed to extend to the right and left as far as they could see; and, besides, they did not dare change the direction of their journey for fear of getting lost. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context More results

? References in classic literature

An open country to right and left and forward; behind, a wood.

A Son of the Gods by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

Every day I suffer a thousand hardships and misfortunes, and have hard work to get even enough bad barley bread to keep myself and my family alive, while the lucky Sindbad spends money right and left and lives upon the fat of the land

The Arabian Nights by Lang, Andrew View in context

There was no way of going around it, for it seemed to extend to the right and left as far as they could see; and, besides, they did not dare change the direction of their journey for fear of getting lost.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context

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