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Fig. side by side; with a shared purpose. The two armies fought shoulder to shoulder against the joint enemy. The strikers said they would stand shoulder to shoulder against the management.

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Therefore, O children of the earthquake and the storm, let us stand shoulder to shoulder, heart to heart, and pocket to pocket Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context At a distance they could see the curious procession moving toward the wharf--the lovers, shoulder to shoulder, creeping; the lady in black, gaining steadily upon them; old Monsieur Farival, losing ground inch by inch, and a young barefooted Spanish girl, with a red kerchief on her head and a basket on her arm, bringing up the rear. The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context Squads of soldiers who were dismissed from duty passed by them, shoulder to shoulder, with the regular step which they had learned at the drill. Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context			shop shop around shopping list shore up short short and sweet short end of the stick short for short of short on short on one end Short reckonings make long friends short shrift short with short-change shot shot full of holes shot in the arm shot in the dark shot through with shotgun shotgun wedding should should have stood in bed shoulder shoulder to shoulder shouldn't shouldn't happen to a dog shout shout about shout down shout from the rooftops shove shove around shove down throat Shove up your arse! shove way show show a clean pair of heels Show a leg! show and tell show around show colors show face show good faith show hand show in true colours show into somewhere show mettle show of hands show off			Shoulder pain Shoulder Pain and Disability Index shoulder patch shoulder piece shoulder pointer syndrome shoulder presentation shoulder presentation shoulder presentation shoulder presentation Shoulder Rotations shoulder screw Shoulder Sleeve Insignia Shoulder Sleeve Insignia (US Army) Shoulder Sleeve Insignia-Former Wartime Service Shoulder slip Shoulder Spica shoulder spica cast shoulder stock shoulder strap shoulder strap shoulder straps shoulder straps Shoulder Stretch shoulder subluxation Shoulder surfing Shoulder surfing shoulder tick shoulder tick shoulder tick shoulder tick shoulder to shoulder shoulder vise shoulder weapon Shoulder Yaw shoulder-blade Shoulder-Disarticulation shoulder-elbow height Shoulder-Elbow-Wrist-Hand-Orthosis shoulder-girdle syndrome shoulder-hand syndrome shoulder-hand syndrome shoulder-hand syndrome shoulder-headed arch shoulder-high Shoulder-joint Shoulder-joint Shoulder-joint Shoulder-joint Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon shoulder-length Shoulder-of-mutton sail Shoulder-Phone Crunch Shoulder-shotten Shoulder-surfing Shoulder-surfing shoulder-to-shoulder Shoulderblade Shoulderblade Shoulderblade Shoulderblades Shoulderblades

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