| 单词 | waist-high |
| 例句 | On the fifth day of the storm, the baggage train crossed a rippling expanse of waist-high snowdrifts that concealed a frozen pond. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I tried to picture myself in a missionary role, gathering the little children unto me, as it was embarrassing to be playing this babyish game with children waist-high to me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I gathered what scrawny courage I had and waded through waist-high weeds to the porch, all broken tile and rotting wood, to peek through a cracked window. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She was to be married soon, and she preferred peeking at Besa, who stood behind his waist-high drum on the other side of the fire, watching her as well. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z His gravestone was not ready yet; until it was carved, his grave would be marked by the red banner that flew now, waist-high, a splash of color against the slate-colored sky. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I dashed through a stand of waist-high bushes, but when Margo didn’t run, I stopped. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z A waist-high fence made of swamp-wood posts stretched around the hut’s perimeter. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Together, we draped Grover’s arms over our shoulders and started stumbling uphill through wet waist-high grass. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He slogs over through waist-high weeds to where the doe lays. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Up ahead, in a clear area near the summit of the hill, she saw the source of the thin smoke—a waist-high cylinder of stone with a wooden windlass and a dangling bucket. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Bran's heart was thumping in his chest as he pushed through a waist-high drift to his brothers' side. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The hedge had grown wild in the sixteen years since Hagrid had taken Harry from the rubble that lay scattered amongst the waist-high grass. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z On the way, I passed a waist-high door behind which I saw some nurses. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The additional heat made the dark fog boil faster, and it swelled until the flames were licking toward the top of the waist-high lip of the firewell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Running alongside the water was a waist-high iron fence. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z A jagged semicircular, waist-high tunnel has been cut out of the wall. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The poppies reach waist-high on single green stalks and are so red they seem to bleed color. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z So I just show him the basic stroke and let him practice going back and forth in waist-high water. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z A waist-high barrier isolates it from the rest of the space. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The lowest rung of the ladder is waist-high. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Cade and I followed the muddy wheel ruts through the waist-high grass down the slope of the river’s embankment. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He went to a waist-high, box-looking thing squatting on the floor and pulled at it. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Finally the corridor ended in a doorway filled waist-high with old lumber. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Stunted stalks of corn, just waist-high, their leaves already russet colored and curling in on themselves, stretched forlornly in broken rows across parched, brown fields. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I skirted around a field of some grassy waist-high crop I didn’t even try to identify in the dim light. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z But there was nothing built atop it, just the hole cut into the earth like a dead mouth agape, tangles of briars and waist-high grass growing up all around. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I bump into a waist-high table while eyeing an antique clock on top of a bookshelf, knocking over their display copies of back-to-school books. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I feel heavy, like I'm walking through water, or waist-high sand. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Sookie stood in a waist-high, metal pulpit, with his back to us, holding on to a long metal stick. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I feel heavy, like I'm walking through water, or waist-high sand. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I nodded, and we both began to wade through the waist-high shallows, fleeing the desperate haunted ships behind us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Out front squatted a waist-high gargoyle, so eroded by rain and salt that his features were all but obliterated. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her view of history was, at that point, waist-high. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Behind the low counter, half a dozen women hovered over waist-high stoves made of concrete block. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Ron did very well until he reached the hinkypunk, which successfully confused him into sinking waist-high into the quagmire. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z There was an allotment, which nobody looked after, and nettles grew, waist-high. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Inside, around the aquamarine fountain, hundreds of stiff, waist-high sacks foamed over with silkworm cocoons. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They overturned the great waist-high earthenware jugs; duck eggs, pickled fruits, vegetables burst out and mixed in acrid torrents. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Her library filled her bookshelves and then overflowed into waist-high stacks of books everywhere, piled haphazardly against the walls. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The dorms were divided by waist-high partitions into single or double cubicles. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But sparkly and pretty as it was, the waves were barely waist-high, and after a few rides we joined the nappers on the beach. Chasing Waves on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z The place had the feel of a Kabul wedding hall: bright chandeliers; waist-high plastic flowers that had to be removed from the tables so you could see Mr. Nashenas and the band. An Old Master’s Song for the Nation That Broke His Heart 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z These objects are much smaller than those of “Sandstars,” and the nearly 1,200 of them are displayed on a four-foot square inside a waist-high vitrine. Art Review: ‘Gabriel Orozco: Asterisms’ at the Guggenheim 2012-11-15T21:37:24Z Six children, ranging from waist-high to the precipice of adulthood, surround the animal from all sides, breathing silently, their faces caked in mud. 'Captain Fantastic' Asks What It Means to Be a Good Parent 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Just behind the maypole, Frankie was running — frolicking, really — through a meadow of wildflowers, her fingertips grazing the waist-high “tickly grass.” A Midsummer Day’s Dream in Sweden 2013-05-10T18:10:13Z At Granada's Manchester studios in the early days, the shortest path to lunchtime refreshment was barred by a waist-high wall. Sir Denis Forman obituary 2013-02-25T13:46:32Z I walked into the warehouse, filled with two waist-high stacks of strawberries in flat wooden trays, a few minutes before Paul Gobiet, the Criée auctioneer and spokesman, greeted about 50 fellow visitors. In Belgium’s Strawberry Fields, Perfection’s in the Picking 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z She could distinguish no order or arrangement in their mass; nothing but a waist-high wilderness as of weeds stricken dead, rushing at her. A brief survey of the short story part 41: Rudyard Kipling 2012-06-21T11:28:42Z Room partitions were made of plastic sheets joined by duct tape; cooking amenities were limited to a wok on a jury-rigged hot plate; the bathtub was a waist-high wooden barrel. Shanghai Dwellings Vanish, and With Them, a Way of Life 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Servers are very efficient and more personable than you would think possible for people working on the far side of a waist-high window. Slurping Solo, in Sweet Isolation, at Ichiran in Brooklyn 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Perfect waist-high waves peeled off the point with four or five surfers riding each one. Explorer: Surfing and ?Roughing It? on Southern California Beaches 2011-07-22T18:59:56Z Booth will not show a woman how to throttle a man standing in a waist-high pit. Have at thee! Special Forces veteran revives medieval combat skills. 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z Between the restaurants are waist-high partitions and a few tied-back curtains. A Bangkok Kitchen Hides Inside a Chinese Restaurant in Queens 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z As we huddled together in waist-high water, Mr. Davy stood at the tunnel’s entrance and described its distinctive geology. Journeys: In Jamaica, a Mento Music Revival 2011-11-11T20:00:10Z The three children spent much of their time outside, climbing trees and wading through the waist-high grass. ‘We didn’t recognise that he was dangerous’: our father killed our mother and sister 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z As we followed a trail through waist-high grass, the sun was hot and a ridge blocked the breeze, the steady trade wind that reliably ventilates the Caribbean. On a Trip to St. Croix, Room for Man and Nature 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z He carried a shovel as he led me across a stream to a stretch of overgrown vines and waist-high grasses. The Mora River Valley Faces a New Battle 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z He plods from there to the ramp and back again, occasionally offering feeble waist-high waves to passing cars, greeting those who will hopefully dispense emergency funds to his cause. “Homeless and hungry — please help!”: Baltimore’s panhandlers ask for our sympathy and loose change. Why are they so polarizing? 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z So there you are, exploring a ruined city, and you turn a corner to discover nice, neat rows of waist-high rubble arranged in the next courtyard. Video Game Review: Gears of War 3 - Review 2011-09-19T17:12:57Z For waist-high tykes like Andrew Wang, 5 and fizzy, New York now offers something better: the personal artist, rentable by the hour as babysitter. Admit One: Sitters Studio, a Service Employing Professional Artists 2013-12-05T21:38:14Z Elevated on a waist-high pedestal, she seems to gaze over the traffic on Fifth Avenue with divine disregard for mere human reality. Art Review: A Jewel Box for Translucent Treasures 2011-12-15T22:59:09Z Seven huge flatscreens at the center of this gallery, hanging side by side from the ceiling in a semicircle about waist-high, make up Glen Fogel’s new installation, “With You … Me,” at JTT. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Windows surrounding the studio drop out of sight into waist-high perimeter walls, turning the room into an open-air pavilion. 2 Art Havens in the Hudson Valley Offer Nature Indoors and Out 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Usually, that’s a silly question, but it’s unavoidable for a writer whose short-story collection opens with “Shirley Temple Three,” about a man’s bringing a waist-high, supposedly extinct Bread Island Dwarf Mammoth home to his mother. ‘Hall of Small Mammals,’ Short Stories by Thomas Pierce 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z The filter was on the other side of the woman’s writing studio, a potentially tic-filled trek through waist-high grass. The working poor in the Hamptons: I cleaned a rich author's swimming pool while writing my own novel 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z But Oezdemir, whose party supports legalizing the drug for adults, acknowledged that the waist-high plant by his side in a video filmed on a Berlin rooftop was indeed a "subtle political statement". German Green's ice bucket challenge lights up dope debate 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z The dog, Bobby Rhubarb, a shiny black cockapoo, greeted me with a waist-high leap when I visited Lewis recently at her home at the end of a wildflower-lined canyon road in the San Fernando Valley. Jenny Lewis Keeps Finding the Magic 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z An impossibly plump python body was coiled on top of a horizontal, waist-high platform. See the Real Live Man Who Grew Up in a Carnival 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Shirtless men in waist-high water scooped out the salt crystals for sale to gourmets in Europe. 4,000 Miles, Seven Countries: An African Adventure on Two Wheels 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z These waist-high pieces in glazed stoneware and porcelain descend equally from monumental urns, architectural columns and Voulkos stacks. At the Pit in Glendale, sculpture that keeps you on your toes 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Her most prized additions to the 1908 Craftsman bungalow she has lived in for 34 years are a waist-high hearth in the kitchen and bookshelves that hold remarkable collections on food, nature, art and film. Alice Waters on Sex, Drugs and Sustainable Agriculture 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z Our tete-a-tete with the gorillas of the Amahoro, or “Peace,” group is even more rewarding after we endure a steep hike through slippery mud and waist-high stinging nettles. In Rwanda, mountain gorilla treks spur country’s renewal effort 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Inside, women were sitting on the floor gleefully fishing sweaters from waist-high heaps of clothing. Los Angeles, as a Pedestrian 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z He's different from the people shown on TV living in waist-high filth. Television review: 'Game of Thrones 2011-04-15T14:17:00Z Wafting through the moist air was the accumulated scent — sweet but not cloying — of dozens of snowdrop blossoms emerging from black plastic pots set on his waist-high growing benches. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z It is noticeably cooler, higher and greener than elsewhere on the island, with the omnipresent terraces of neatly pruned waist-high tea plants as its aesthetic and economic organizing principles. In the Hills of Sri Lanka’s Tea Country 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z The squat, abstract piece, waist-high and hefty as a boulder, features two interlocking, acid-green ceramic forms that undulate like the hills of a lush volcanic island, perched on a curved steel-and-wood foot. Arlene Shechet Creates Beauty Out of Chaos 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Willey, by now battling the effects of cramp, bowled a waist-high full toss that was thrashed for six while Topley conceded 26 from the 49th and Mark Wood's seven wicketless overs went for 76. England hopes fading after South Africa thrashing 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z Some resident canoed and kayaked along main streets, while others slogged through the waist-high water to survey the scene. Vermont’s flood-damaged capital is slowly rebuilding. And it’s asking tourists and residents to help 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z Television footage showed rescuers carrying a young girl and an adult to safety from waters reaching waist-high in some areas. At least 6 people die as severe rainstorms trigger flooding in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z In the eastern province of Castelló, flooding led to firefighters rescuing a man trapped in his car, which was surrounded by waist-high flood water. Torrential rain in Spain causes major flooding 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z Thankfully the couple installed electrical sockets about waist-high in anticipation of possible flooding. Florida fishing village Horseshoe Beach hopes to maintain its charm after being walloped by Idalia 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z But something transformative occurs in a primordial world where a sorrel-carpeted floor and waist-high sword ferns surround towering redwoods, where duff from the needles floats above the understory like soft snow. Seattle’s ‘Big Tree Bob’ measures the world’s tallest trees 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Streets and sidewalks meander past lots that were once meant for houses but now have only bits of trash and waist-high weeds. America is using up its groundwater like there’s no tomorrow 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z “I believe in a working landscape-type conservation,” he says, pausing by a small creek nearly obscured by waist-high grass. 'Conservation grazing' uses cattle to preserve species and landscapes 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Pictures and footage online showed people stranded on flooded streets and wading waist-high through the waters. Asia floods: Death toll climbs in severe monsoon season 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Some residents of the city of 8,000 slogged their way through waist-high water Tuesday; others canoed and kayaked along main streets to survey the scene. Vermont slowly turns to recovery after being hit by flood from slow-moving storm 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Taking a pause from poking a waist-high garbage mound, he gestured toward a small clearing to the side. Record inflation has hit even Lebanon's garbage. 'Trash just isn’t like it used to be' 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z The new 0.6-mile route replaces one general traffic lane of West Marginal Way Southwest with waist-high concrete dividers for the two-way bike lane, along with yellow-and-black steel attenuators that prevent drivers from impaling their cars. New protected bike lane built on busy Southwest Seattle roadway 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z But they also are waist-high and do little to deter people from jumping over gates or squeezing through narrow dividers. Metro just installed new fare gates. It’s spending $35 million to make them taller. 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Johanna Morales, 32, waded through waist-high water last week with family members in a desperate attempt to save what she could from her rented home near the Tule River in Porterville. Astonishing before and after satellite photos show California towns swallowed by floods 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z In the worst-affected areas, such as the port city of Beira, people waded through waist-high water to reach drier ground or help rescue efforts. Freddy Could Become Longest-Lasting Tropical Cyclone 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z The waist-high floodwaters destroyed hundreds of cars and homes, and created damage that residents are still struggling to recover from weeks later. Central Valley Farmworkers Struggle to Recover After Floods 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z He said Saturday he waded through waist-high snow to deliver boxes of groceries to people with disabilities and elderly residents in the area. Snow siege in San Bernardino Mountains sows desperation as crews struggle to clear roads 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z He lifts his right hand around waist-high and, as much as he can, balls it into a fist. Perspective | As ALS does its worst, Patrick Behan keeps coaching and keeps fighting 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z He said he waded through waist-high snow to deliver boxes of groceries to people with disabilities and elderly residents in the area. Safety concerns and weather conditions hamper San Bernardino County relief efforts 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z Instead, she bowled a waist-high no-ball that went for four, followed by another four and a six, to give India a glimmer of hope before successfully closing out the win. England 'building nicely' and 'can beat Australia' 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z More than 2,500 books are arranged on 12-foot, floor-to-ceiling bookcases and waist-high book carts parked on the exposed concrete floors. A new Highland Park bookstore is funded by publishers — but as indie as it gets 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z On June 9, 2022, the workers became stuck in waist-high chocolate after falling into the tank. Feds fine candy giant Mars Wrigley over 2022 incident in which workers fell in chocolate tank 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z It has also taken guidance from a successful waist-high trial in France, although that only applied to the sixth tier and below. RFU pledge 'clarity' on tackle laws amid criticism 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z The modest remembrance — words etched in stone on a waist-high wall — was years in the making. Central Park entry gate commemorates the ‘Exonerated Five’ 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z In the 21-and-up area, bartenders serve drinks at the Ice Bar, a waist-high bar carved of ice, embellished with decorative flair and lit with LEDs. Lake Chelan’s Winterfest: A bright escape from the winter blues | Provided by Lake Chelan Chamber of Commerce 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z The videos, which do not have audio, show people rushing to the waist-high wall and peering down, then running away in panic — apparently seeing or hearing gunshots — as a train pulls into the station. Video released of moments before FBI agent fatally shot man at Metro Center 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The water had been waist-high when the children left Tabawa and was getting higher. ‘God’s plan’: Family flees amid catastrophic Nigeria floods 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z A half dozen people in hazmat suits manned the entrance to a lane running through the community, standing behind waist-high steel barriers usually used for crowd control. China expands lockdowns as COVID-19 cases hit daily record 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z People still wade in waist-high water or float on rafts through Baluchistan’s fields. Insurgency, neglect hurt flood relief in Pakistani province 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Perhaps he would bring in cows to eat back the waist-high grass and fertilize the soil with manure. What Hurricanes Taught Puerto Rico About Feeding Itself 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z The sage-green, waist-high shrub guayule might look like just one of the many scraggly bushes that dot the hills and valleys of the Chihuahuan Desert in Mexico and the southwestern U.S. This Shrub Could Supply Rubber, Insect Repellent and Glue 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Where waist-high cotton plants normally grow, the landscape is now defined by barren, brown fields. Drought takes toll on country’s largest cotton producer 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z In Ubon Ratchathani in the northeast, more than 7,000 people were moved into 60 shelters after the Moon River overflowed, as rescue workers waded through waist-high water to help residents evacuate. Heavy rain swells rivers, causing floods in much of Thailand 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z But Ms. Reynolds, whose first floor had reached more than waist-high with mucky surge waters, said that she had not packed. On Sanibel Island, a Search for Stranded Residents Slogs On 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z The plot, which apparently had not been worked for a while, was covered with copses of trees amid waist-high grass and was bisected by a creek in a ravine. What Hurricanes Taught Puerto Rico About Feeding Itself 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Before us stretched acres of golden, waist-high grass, dotted with fruit trees and thorny Himalayan blackberry bushes, as well as crumbling old buildings promising untold treasures. Escape from Mercer Island: Shackled teens fled a school for ‘bad boys’ in 1904 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Rescue workers waded through waist-high water to distribute food and care packages to people trapped inside their houses. Tropical rains flood parts of Thailand, 5,000 seek shelter 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Frontal, waist-high, intently staring straight ahead, the artist holds a palette and paintbrushes at his chest as an emblem to signify his identity. Review: Korean Modern art gets its long-overdue spotlight at LACMA 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Many of the 300 firefighters deployed waded through waist-high water in flooded streets, while others operated rubber dinghies to scoop up survivors along their path. Floods in Italy kill at least 10; rescues from roofs, trees 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Pakistani Television footage on Wednesday showed people wading through waist-high water, holding their children and carrying essential items on their heads. Floods wreak havoc across Pakistan; 903 dead since mid-June 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Landscapes in villages and cities are transformed by remembrance, from a waist-high structure in Rajannapet, India, to spinning pinwheels fixed along a walkway in São Paulo, Brazil. How We Mourn Covid’s Victims 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z But she picked up the tempo in “Grease,” especially after Sandy ditched her white sweaters and blouses for waist-high, black leather pants. Olivia Newton-John, superstar singer and actress, dies at 73 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z He has run field experiments that simulate how drought affects longleaf pine forests invaded by cogon grass from Asia, which can grow in dense, waist-high thickets topped with fluffy seed heads. Flammable invasive grasses are increasing risk of devastating wildfires 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z They waded across the street in waist-high water to help a neighbor before making their way to the post office, which was visible from the home. Storms Drench Southwest Virginia, With Flooding, Landslides and Home Damage 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Other Karachi residents said they were forced to abandon their cars on submerged roads and walk through waist-high water. Monsoon rains kill 147 people in less than month in Pakistan 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z He had to take three hacks out of waist-high fescue to get on the green and then made a 25-foot putt for a double bogey. Masters champ Scheffler gives US Open some name recognition 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z The job at hand is to take two waist-high containers of construction debris down to the ground. The Men Lost to 20 Bruckner Boulevard 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z In Latasha Bracks’ Watts living room, a cluttered shrine to her three sons and three daughters sits atop a waist-high pedestal near the front window. She lost one son to violence. Now she's fighting to keep her other two alive 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z They persuaded the driver to let them take one of the waist-high boxes. Group claims fetuses in DC home proof of illegal abortions 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z We were the neighborhood weirdos, a designation I thought a little unfair given that the Wilsons, right across the street from us, let their grass grow waist-high and kept their 10 children locked indoors. Perspective | Building a backyard chicken coop: A tale of marriage, compromise and the art of butting out 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z The three spies soon parachuted successfully to the ground, landing in waist-high snow, and sledded downhill, heading toward Innsbruck. John Billings, who flew Allied spies behind Nazi lines, dies at 98 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z The partitions between each stall would extend nearly to the ceiling and floor, and waist-high lockers would allow for coaches to easily supervise the space. Long Beach school pauses gender-neutral locker room proposal amid anti-transgender climate 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z At the finish, after waving to a cheering crowd, she seemed surprised when she spotted Kilde behind a waist-high fence. Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleks Kilde Are Ski Racing’s Power Couple 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z Over the years Indians seeking justice or systemic change have gone on hunger strikes, stood in waist-high water for days and held live mice in their mouths. Aneera Kabeer: The Indian trans woman whose plea to die won her a job 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z There is even Xiaobai, or “Little White,” a waist-high robot that can detect when someone is not wearing a mask and nag the rule-flouter into compliance. Omicron Deepens Uncertainty Surrounding Beijing Olympics 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z “Just sleeping,” said Hamneet, who wore flip-flops as he stood inches away from a nearly waist-high wall of snow pushed off the road. Truck drivers, travelers hunker down in Ellensburg with Washington state passes closed 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z One such step involves loading one ball at a time into a piston-powered machine, which pummels it for five minutes in an up-and-down motion designed to mimic a waist-high power dribble. Inside look at how pieces of cowhide are transformed into NBA game balls 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z Two jagged dirt strips — one path for each wheel — cut through waist-high grass. Haiti’s Leader Kept a List of Drug Traffickers. His Assassins Came for It. 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z Then it became a massive channel of sometimes waist-high dirty water. Trapped by rising water A brackish murk of waist-high water submerged all the landfill that humans had dredged, salvaged and shipped to widen the island, and that now supported the Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive. What Does It Mean to Save a Neighborhood? 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Images on news websites and social media in recent days showed fast-flowing, mud-brown water, people in boats on flooded roads or wading through waist-high water, some pushing stalled motorcycles. Rains trigger floods and landslides in Vietnam, 18 missing 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z But the war had left the park waist-high with weeds and littered with unexploded shells, and the Towers were little more than bombed-out gray concrete bones. ‘Alpha,’ by David Philipps: A Navy SEAL’s Behavior Worried Teammates and Changed How They Fought 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Shown in standard, waist-high, three-quarter view, she appears decorous and composed while accompanied by two unexpected pets, both shown in profile. Review: Hans Holbein struts his stuff at the Getty Museum 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z So Altuve whipped his bat through the zone, snapping it waist-high, to level the score with a solo shot that smacked above the Green Monster and bounced back into left field. Astros catch a break, then pile on seven runs in the ninth to win Game 4 and square the ALCS 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Nearly two acres have been planted with springy, waist-high lavender bushes that bloom in mid-June and are cut down and composted or burned at the end of the summer. The Myth of Asian American Identity 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Thai television has shown villagers in several areas walking through waist-high water or evacuated from their homes on small boats. Thailand issues new flood warnings from seasonal rain 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z To get permission they will have to prove they have seats in place with waist-high barriers for supporters to lean on, to prevent crushes. Premier League grounds to trial standing areas in January 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z But then a man stomped from the boat through waist-high water, asking Mr. Allieri, “You work for the government?” Threatened Birds Have a Defender on N.Y. Beaches: The Plover Patrol 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z In nearby Crown Point, waist-high water filled the streets but some residents decided to trudge through on foot. Southeast Louisiana residents desperate for food, power, water and help in Ida’s aftermath 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z City planners estimate that the cost of the mass-produced products could ultimately be around $3,000 — for what is, essentially, a glorified waist-high metal box. Opinion | San Francisco has problems. $12,000 trash cans are not the answer to any of them. 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z A waist-high figure of a young girl is carrying an enormous sphere of white sheets, wrapped and twisted and balanced almost majestically on her head. Review: Alison Saar's poetic chronicles of Black womanhood 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Flash flooding had Brits wading in waist-high water in the London Underground. Opinion | Apocalypse Right Now 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z As they carried the villagers through waist-high waters, the emergency crew held on to a rope to prevent themselves from being swept away by the current. Monsoon rains flood Philippine villages, thousands evacuate 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z As predicted, and feared, the waves were small, breaking near shore in waist-high water. Surfing’s Olympic Moment Is Here. Will the Waves Cooperate? 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z Heavy rains recently flooded some subway stations, with images posted on social media showing people wading through waist-high waters. 2 Sinkholes in a Week Signal Weak Spots in N.Y.C.’s Aging Infrastructure 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z In one video, a woman plunged waist-high into dark, swirling waters at the entrance to the 157th Street station in northern Manhattan. Why the New York Subway Has a Water Problem 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z My interactions with the waist-high android are limited, but after hearing about Pepper a lot online, seeing the real deal was kind of a capital-E experience. SoftBank has reportedly halted production of its Pepper robot 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z Starting in November 2019, the team cleared the site, chopping down waist-high to reveal plaques for the unit of radio operators who worked at listening stations in both the UK and around the world. Bedfordshire: Army officer restores WW2 'secret garden' at Chicksands Priory 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Between him and the gorge was a waist-high stone wall, with the rushing sound of a waterfall on the other side. A Drunken Hazing, a Fatal Fall and a Cornell Fraternity’s Silence 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z Wolters went down to the ground after being struck by the waist-high pitch before walking back to the dugout. Yanks newcomer Kluber takes another step after 2 lost years 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z In many places, a line of waist-high, movable metal barriers was all that separated protesters from clumps of police and the building. Inside the Capitol siege: How barricaded lawmakers and aides sounded urgent pleas for help as police lost control 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z Suddenly a loud bellow from just beyond the waist-high perimeter fencing shocks me. Life in football's cocoon – a photo essay 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z “When I walked into class on the first day, the first thing I saw at the back of the room were waist-high cabinets with chess sets on top,” Lauser says. She’s a chess champion who can barely see the board make her own gambit 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Often presented from Frida’s viewpoint, with overheard conversations and waist-high camera angles, the film is based on the director’s personal experiences with loss. 7 Films to Help Children Dealing With Grief 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z But the only alternative was to cross under German territory through the sewers, waist-high in human filth. Opinion | My Nazi-fighting mother came as a refugee to America — and showed what is best about it 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z But otherwise the scene in Philadelphia was less confrontational - festive, even - where pro-Trump and pro-Biden demonstrators were separated by waist-high portable barriers under a strong police presence. Trump and Biden protesters duel outside vote-counting centers in cliffhanger election 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z Stacked across the floor were several waist-high boxes of Jamahri’s belongings packed for college. Resumption of jury trials in D.C. Superior Court remains uncertain as victims, families long for justice 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z The road in is blocked by several large trees that fell across it, some waist-high, some still on fire. Redwoods survive wildfire at California’s oldest state park 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Running parallel to that was the “old fence,” put here long ago, a waist-high line of barbed wire rusted into quaintness. How U.S. Policy Turned the Sonoran Desert Into a Graveyard for Migrants 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Muddy, waist-high waters poured into homes in rural areas on Sunday. Flash floods kill two in Thailand, storm heads for Myanmar 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z As Nimue, Katherine sword fights in waist-high water while defeating several soldiers, sleeps on the floor and has a tooth pulled out. Swords and sorcerers: How to survive medieval life 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Although both the operating team and the operating tables are covered with sterile drapes that extend toward the floor, only the waist-high tops are considered sterile. Perspective | Your mask feels uncomfortable? Get over it. As a surgeon, I know how vital they are. 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z In the inland Chinese city of Yichang, the murky water ran waist-high, stranding people in their cars and turning streets into canals. Severe Floods in China Leave Over 106 Dead or Missing 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z The installment there came after waist-high barricades that were in place Monday proved to be ineffective. Law enforcement tightens security around White House with higher anti-riot fencing 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z They leaned over a waist-high fence, taking pictures with their phones. Toronto Was Obeying Social Distance Rules. Then Came Adorable Baby Foxes. 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z At a circular fence of waist-high thorny bushes, she knocks on the metal sheet serving as a makeshift door. 'Most of the men are your enemies': one woman's crusade in Somalia 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z It was waist-high barbwire, running as far as he could see. New warden uses old-school skills in desperate search 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z Dozens of surfers bobbed in the waters off Huntington Beach, dubbed Surf City USA, where sets of waist-high waves rolled in. First weekend of California stay-at-home order hits millions 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z I trudged to school through waist-high snow drifts, and I’m not just saying that. Snow Days: Is School Canceled More Often Now? 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z “It’s just too fantastic,” said White, surrounded by waist-high stacks of postal boxes filled with cards. Some 70,000 Valentines sent to 104-year-old in tribute to military veterans 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z After they welcomed her back with waist-high hugs and handmade cards, Turney put them to work: taking selfies in her parka, calculating her mileage, identifying whales and seals, and writing penguin narratives. Third grade teacher shares Antarctica trip with her students 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Turn the corner and walk through a waist-high swing door and Watson’s entire kitchen is alive with color, just like the rest of her home. Vidalia family enjoys living in house fit for a mouse 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z He had trained for natural disasters, including earthquakes, and experienced Maria at home, where waist-high water flowed through Guayanilla’s streets. Puerto Rico's earthquakes pile up fresh challenges for the U.S. territory 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z The city was unprepared, and waist-high, stinking, muddy, oily water destroyed housing, shops, goods and art treasures on all the islands and lagoon shorelines. Deep trouble: can Venice hold back the tide? 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z The community rallied, but record rainfall in September brought further misery: children waded through waist-high water as more waste leaked into people’s homes and gardens, while farms and sewage systems flooded across the county. ‘It’s like the third world’: tribe feels forgotten as flooding brings misery to a struggling community 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z Hazelnut trees planted in the spring are waist-high twigs with a few wrinkled, brown-edged leaves; edible nuts are still years away. For D.C. students, lessons in growth, of the garden variety 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Residents and tourists navigated streets in waist-high waters. Venice’s historic flooding blamed on human failure and climate change 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z “There may come a day when it’s not feasible to continue,” Ballance concedes, but for now he is methodically stripping out the old family home and installing new electrical outlets waist-high. Amid flooding and rising sea levels, residents of one barrier island wonder if it’s time to retreat 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z A determined lone commuter wades through waist-high flood water with his bike. UK flooding: people stranded overnight in Sheffield shopping centre after heavy rain hits Yorkshire and Midlands – live news 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Pushing through waist-high shrubs alongside fellow tracker Safari Gabriel, he kept his eyes on the trees where he’d seen movement. How do you help endangered gorillas? With lots of human help 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Pushing through waist-high shrubs alongside fellow tracker Safari Gabriel, he kept his eyes on the trees where he’d seen movement. How do you save endangered gorillas? With lots of human help 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Brown cooked sausages and peppers on a makeshift wood-burning stove he had fashioned out of a waist-high steel can. What it’s like on a 24-hour picket line during one of the biggest strikes in recent history 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z “I was ready to create something different for women,” said Mellon, whose namesake shoe collection ranges from $350 for strappy metallic leather sandals to $1,695 for black suede waist-high boots. For her second act, footwear designer Tamara Mellon is thinking outside the shoe box 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Stranded residents in Doncaster had to be rescued from their homes by boat yesterday as waist-high water filled the road. UK flooding: people stranded overnight in Sheffield shopping centre after heavy rain hits Yorkshire and Midlands – live news 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Photos showed waist-high water in the city of Aldine, where officials retrieved employees and nine children from a day care, according to Gonzalez. ‘Water was knocking at my door’: Tropical Storm Imelda floods Texas as two people reported dead 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Nodding toward the thorny expanse of waist-high weeds, she added, “A few years from now, this place will be teeming with insects, birds, rare fish, biologists and visitors from throughout the region.” South Gate charts new course to rear native fish that thrived before L.A.’s explosive growth 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z The “If I Ran the Circus” room features a working carousel, while “Horton Hears a Who!” consists of a field of waist-high pink clover. The places it’ll go: Dr. Seuss exhibition hitting the road 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z He said he was then pulled forward and scraped his left bicep on the waist-high wooden fence of the beer garden. Burien mayor was victim of a hate crime, says state Attorney General Office 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z The heavy downpour also flooded a pedestrian underpass lined with stalls and video footage showed merchandise floating in the almost waist-high flood waters. Rainstorm floods markets, underpasses in Istanbul; 1 dead 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Attorneys said in a court filing late Tuesday that plans to replace waist-high barriers this month with taller fencing in a wildlife refuge, national monument and conservation area are being delayed until October. Government delays border barrier construction in Arizona 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Visitors can wander the trimmed grass and make peace sign poses by the waist-high Woodstock monument in a corner. No chaos this time as Woodstock concert site preps for 50th 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z He jumped into a pickup that had been converted into a water tanker and plowed through waist-high weeds to the railroad tracks. After a wildfire, a Colorado town's residents reluctantly sue a historic railway 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z “The corn would have been at least waist-high right now,” Walls said. No end seen to struggle as Mississippi flood enters month 4 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Floodwaters were waist-high in some places, and authorities urged people to immediately seek higher ground. Flooding grips Mozambique in Cyclone Kenneth's wake 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z The U.N. humanitarian agency cites a rescue team operating in a neighborhood in the region’s main city, Pemba, where waters in some places are waist-high. The Latest: Houses collapse as floods rise in Mozambique 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z T. C. Boyle’s house is surprisingly accessible behind a waist-high slatted wooden fence in Montecito, just south of Santa Barbara. T.C. Boyle’s new novel takes a trip with LSD evangelist Timothy Leary 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z “I felt like we were going to die if we waited there,” she said in Guara Guara, which she reached after walking for 17 hours through waist-high water. 'The water kept rising': How Mozambicans were caught in path of... 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z They’re conducting trials in fields like the one Sanae was working her way through, a tranquil plot of waist-high corn ringed by banana trees. Asia bracing for destruction by alien pest: fall armyworms 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z They’re conducting trials in fields like the one Sanae was working her way through, a tranquil plot of waist-high corn ringed by banana trees. Asia bracing for destruction by alien pest: fall armyworms 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z A third group of migrants — three fathers from Guatemala, each with a child — turned themselves in to agents about a hundred feet from a waist-high metal border fence. Should activists aid migrants in the desert, or leave their fate to the Border Patrol? 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z McNeill says she swam through waist-high waters instead of taking a trail in the hope of finding help faster. Hiker stuck in quicksand at Utah park feared he would die 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z One was an attempted swat at a waist-high puck that sailed over the net; another from the right-wing circle went just to the far side. Flames snap 4-game skid, beating Penguins 5-4 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z Just the swoosh of wheels from 1,100 waist-high cuboid swarm robots, zipping along a grid system the size of several football pitches. Inside Ocado's burning robotic warehouse 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Wielding hair dryers, they heated and peeled labels from a waist-high pile of discarded plastic electric meters. How mountains of U.S. plastic waste ended up in Malaysia, broken down by workers for $10 a day When he spotted perfect stems — not too dry, not too long — he snapped them from the waist-high bushes. ‘This is our land’: Native Americans see Trump’s move to reduce Bears Ears monument as an assault on their culture 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z Underneath protective gowns they wear Kevlar-lined waist-high pants to guard against snake bites. These bats carry a virus as deadly as Ebola, and scientists are tracking them to try to stop its spread 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Alex Helmi walked through the stacks of Persian rugs in his gallery and admired each bundle piled waist-high on the showroom floor. With sanctions reimposed, some Iranian American businesses say they're back at square one 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z As the Marines began their charge at 5 p.m., the German line erupted with machine gun fire, cutting down the attackers by the hundreds as they advanced without cover through the waist-high wheat. A Marine’s mysterious death in World War I’s final days still haunts his family 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z A few blocks away, Lee’s statue still stands in Emancipation Park, its immediate approaches blocked by a waist-high barrier of construction-site-style orange plastic netting and signs that read “City Personnel Only.” A Democrat’s Midterm Bid to Win in Virginia’s Fifth District, Home of Charlottesville 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Piles reeking of rotting waste spill out of dumpsters and climb waist-high as garbage trucks fail to appear for days and even weeks. Havana fights trash problem ahead of 500th anniversary 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z So I soldiered on, wiping spider webs from my face until I reached the crest of a hill overlooking a small, sunlit meadow of waist-high greenery. This D.C. monument is ‘virtually impossible’ to reach. Here’s how I found it — past the hornets, snakes and swampland. 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Then he leaned back against the ramp’s waist-high concrete wall and had me crouch so that I wouldn’t be visible from the street. ‘I knew I’d never be the same’ 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Mangkhut also felled trees, tore scaffolding off buildings under construction and flooded some areas of Hong Kong with waist-high waters, according to the South China Morning Post. Mangkhut leaves death, destruction and chaos from Philippines to China 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z But a walk of about a quarter-mile across waist-high water would have tested someone half his age. ‘Either he’s going to leave today or we’ll come and get him tomorrow’ 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Tanzania’s vice president, wearing sunglasses and a bright yellow hijab, leaned over the waist-high concrete sea wall along Barack Obama Drive and gazed upon an expanse of Indian Ocean. New Walls Aim to Hold Back Rising Seas Off Tanzania 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z The main town of Hilo, population 43,000, was flooded Friday with waist-high water. Storm drifts away from Hawaii after ‘almost biblical’ rains 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z “Technically, it’s water over rocks, but it’s like waist-high water,” Salter said. John McCain and the End of Romantic Conservatism 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Derakhshani was carefully placed on the ground in front of one of a long row of waist-high stone columns, each with a plug for a microphone. Funerals in Iran Follow Strict Script, With Final Ride in a Mercedes 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z Nine conveyor belts turn—three along the ground, three waist-high and three just overhead. UPS’s $20 Billion Problem: Operations Stuck in the 20th Century 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z She hastily put her cat in a carrier and escaped out a first-floor window, only to be caught by fast-moving, waist-high water. ‘Washed away real quick’: Missing Md. man was trying to help woman trapped by flood 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z Decades later, I watched him limp into rallies on a leg that could never be properly repaired and raise his shattered and rebroken arms waist-high — their full extent. Opinion | John McCain isn’t the ideal messenger. He’s the ideal message. 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Orpik remembered how Crosby would ask teammates to stand in the corners and rifle waist-high shots toward him as he stood near the net. The subtle secret to Sidney Crosby’s greatness 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z The backyard, now full of waist-high vegetable boxes that feed a family of four vegetarians, was a basketball court. A small yard on Capitol Hill flaunts its color and fragrance, and feeds the whole family 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z The waist-high exhibit is expected to be unveiled later this year. ‘Obscure’ presidential assassination site remembered in DC 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z But he was crouched behind a waist-high stone wall in Mount Pleasant, trying to sneak up on his 6 -year-old son Billy with a huge snowball in his bare hand. The calendar says it’s spring but wintry weather says otherwise 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z The only things keeping the crew from being swept away were quick feet and a single wire about waist-high at the edge. How the mighty Mississippi became a flooding nightmare for millions 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Too little liquid nitrogen causes the temperature in the waist-high tanks to rise, risking damage to tissue housed in vials called cryolocks. Fertility clinic informs hundreds of patients their eggs may have been damaged 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z The clinic declined to specify the number of eggs and embryos affected but said that “several thousand” were in the waist-high tank. Fertility clinic informs hundreds of patients their eggs may have been damaged 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z Wilson tied it at 1 just under 4 minutes later when he was left open in front and connected on a nifty, waist-high deflection of Matt Niskanen’s shot from the point. Blackhawks rout Caps 7-1 to end 8-game losing streak 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z Lines of waist-high metal barriers and UW and Seattle police officers separated the politically opposed groups. 5 arrested as Trump supporters, counterprotesters rally at UW in Seattle 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z Kearbey turned, from around 25 feet, holding the rifle waist-high, and took aim. A school shooting in Goddard, 30 years later 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z While firefighters dug through battered homes, helicopters searched for survivors who might be trapped behind roads made impassable by downed power lines and waist-high muck. Essential California: Montecito death toll rises to 17 as rescuers search for survivors 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Rescue crews in helicopters plucked survivors from waist-high mud, including a 14-year-old girl. Deadly California mudslide 'like Niagara falls' as hills turn to rivers of debris 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z A photo of Pee Wee and Wolston is on display in the main building on site, when Pee Wee was just over a year old and waist-high. Want to buy a zoo? Bayou Wildlife Zoo in Texas for sale 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z He bought a waist-high pedestal and hauled it to the park. A Statue Stirs to Life in Washington Square Park 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z The drawers are jammed with jokes typed on 4-by-6-inch cards — 52 drawers, stacked waist-high, like a card catalog of a certain comedian’s life’s work, a library of laughs. Sorting Through All the Laughs Joan Rivers Left Behind 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z Taylor waffled the second pitch of the game, a waist-high, 96-mph fastball. Clayton Kershaw gives up first ever grand slam in Dodgers' loss to Phillies 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z Pictures of Rather wading through waist-high water propelled his rise to network anchor. As Irma’s winds rise, so does debate over TV storm reporting 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z Pictures of Mr. Rather wading through waist-high water propelled his rise to network anchor. As Irma’s Winds Rise, So Does a Debate Over TV Storm Reporting 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z A co-worker, Brett Ward, later waded with him through waist-high water to rescue the dogs. Harvey’s Rebuilding Squad: Your Employer 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Many remain trapped by debris and waist-high murk which carries risk of disease. Houston residents begin 'massive' cleanup as Harvey death toll hits 45 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Tobias waded through waist-high water and climbed the steps up to his apartment, which he hadn’t seen since evacuating. Houston’s flood zone, by boat: Guinea pigs, guns and despair 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The road ahead was waist-high in water, beyond it marooned housing estates. 'We ain’t doing no damn good': volunteer rescuers struggle in Houston 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z The affluent High Oaks neighbourhood was especially badly hit, turning leafy streets and avenues into waist-high bayous. 'It is beautiful': volunteer army fans out to help communities flooded by Harvey 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z It was an exhausting journey of well over a mile in waist-high flooding. Houston floods: Harvey rains to worsen Texas city's plight - BBC News 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z The photo showed a half-dozen seniors sitting in filthy, waist-high water. Hurricane Harvey’s Hell, high water and the recovery 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Others waded through waist-high water, or paddled pirogues and little inflatable rafts. In Houston, Anxiety and Frantic Rescues as Floodwaters Rise 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z Law enforcement officers were seen putting up the waist-high metal barriers Tuesday morning around the bronze soldier known as “Silent Sam” at the University of North Carolina. The Latest: University barricades Confederate statue 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z Shah said his team was “met by people standing waist-high in water”. 'They don't care': Indian government accused of prejudice by Chakma people 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Bellinger crushed a waist-high fastball for his 32nd homer of the season. Hyun-Jin Ryu is sharp in Dodgers' sweep-clinching 8-0 victory over the Mets 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z She was surprised to see waist-high ash trees sprouting from the forest floor. Donated wooded land home to trees from 300 to 400 years old 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z Gloria Maria Quintanilla appeared as a speck on the horizon, wading through waist-high waters in the middle of the road with a sack thrust over one shoulder and an umbrella perched on the other. In Houston, Anxiety and Frantic Rescues as Floodwaters Rise 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z Among the changes visible to spectators and players at the tournament were the installation of the waist-high black barricades around the outside of the grounds and the presence of armed officers at each gate. Security increased at Wimbledon this year following attacks 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z There was still waist-high fescue that was as good as a one-stroke penalty, but it took a wildly inaccurate shot to find it, and Koepka did not hit too many wild shots. Koepka's win shows folly of focusing on a few stars 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z They were waist-high and formed a kind of fence. David Sedaris: Why Aren’t You Laughing? 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z There would be waist-high parapet walls on either side of the walkway. Plan for Inclined Path in Central Park Worries Preservationists 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z Rosalie talked her mother into braving the storm, and they waded through the waist-high floodwater to a neighbour’s house on higher ground. After the cyclone: the Madagascan village forging new life from the ruins 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Its “shoulder” was mounted to a waist-high pedestal on wheels. Learning to Love Our Robot Co-Workers 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Water at some sites engulfed the entire first floor of residences while in other places it reached waist-high. Thousands still forced from homes by flooding in California tech hub 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Outside, two machine guns were propped, on bipods, in front of small holes in a waist-high wall. The Desperate Battle to Destroy ISIS 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Two hikers missing for more than a day in the North Carolina mountains without food and water were rescued from waist-high snow. Businesses, schools close in a South struggling with bitter cold 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z The waist-high snow around her neighborhood was melting rapidly, and some of it was streaming down a nearby hill, straight into her garage. Storm in Sierra Nevada sparks concerns about flooding, avalanches 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z A waist-high tree was long a feature at the offices of the Koryolink mobile phone provider. Christmas in N. Korea: Lights and trees, but void of Jesus 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z On the concrete floor, there are more waist-high mounds of the drug. Europe's outdoor cannabis capital - BBC News 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z A homeowner who is unwilling to tend his lawn, for example, might allow it to become a waist-high tangle of weeds. D.C. renters’ advocate is given greater power over neglectful landlords 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Plant Amnesty founder Cass Turnbull has fond memories of her childhood garden in Magnolia, but she loved the adjacent vacant lot, waist-high in wild grasses, even more. Our childhood gardens can influence our grown-up passion for plants 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Kljestan stepped to the spot in the 21st minute and fired a waist-high bullet to Bush’s right. Impact Top Red Bulls on Piatti’s Two Goals and Advance in M.L.S. Playoffs 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z Presented on a white, waist-high plinth, the work consists of an upturned black bowler hat filled with perfume, within which rests a single ripe plum. Simpsons joke apparently makes its way into Yoko Ono art exhibit in Iceland 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z He pulls up trays from a single waist-high deep freeze holding the specimens - housed behind locked laboratory doors. Wife’s death fuels scientist’s quest for cancer 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z Photos of the flooding show military personnel on foot, in vehicles and in boats rescuing people from waist-high flood waters. State of emergency for flooded cities in northern Mexico 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Over the weekend, after the storm dropped torrential rain, the water rose waist-high outside the uncle’s Fair Bluff house and the couple evacuated again, this time by boat. Fleeing the Coast Before the Storm, Only to Be Trapped Inland 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z A Tecate Light ad satirized Trump’s Mexican border wall by turning it into a waist-high bar that Mexicans and Americans used to hold their beers. How advertisers turned the presidential debate into a new Super Bowl 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z A soft white dust was still swirling about the rubble piled waist-high in Amatrice. After Earthquake in Italy, ‘Half the Town No Longer Exists’ 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z The Russia defender was sent off for a waist-high tackle to concede a penalty. UEFA punishes Russia’s Rostov for racism by fans 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Shearer backpedaled into a thick fog along the shoreline and disappeared into waist-high water. Next wave forms their body of work 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office shared footage taken from a helicopter Monday of rescuers saving a man from waist-high floodwater and two men clinging to a tree. 9 dead, tens of thousands displaced as Louisiana flooding continues 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z As heavy rainfall has caused rivers to burst their banks, submerging homes with waist-high water, more than 10,000 people have taken refuge in shelters. Historic flooding kills 7 in Louisiana as thousands scramble for safety 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z The waist-high cornfields around the largely abandoned homes look calm, but at night the forces regularly clash with the Taliban. Afghan Forces Struggle to Hold Firm Against Taliban in South 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z Video of the soggy standoff showed the man standing in waist-high surf, occasionally jumping up as a wave rolled in and officers looked on from the shore. Facing arrest, man wanted in battery case wades into Venice Beach waters to avoid police 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z The game took place on an indoor field surrounded by a waist-high barrier. The Daredevil of the Auction World 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z The waist-high wall is on the courthouse lawn in downtown Spencer. Owen County spending $39,000 to renovate veterans’ wall 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Tamir had been right: nothing could have been easier than hopping the waist-high concrete barrier. “Maybe It Was the Distance” 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Then Shields grooved a 90 mile-per-hour, waist-high heater and Colon pounced. Bartolo Colon Hits First Career Home Run Against Padres 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Western State Hospital, a sprawling multistory brick building, is surrounded by a waist-high stone fence but no barbed wire or guard towers. Dozens have escaped from Western State since 2013, review finds 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z From there it was another hour or two on foot, cutting aside branches and wading through waist-high mud, to reach the mines. Fight against illegal Amazon gold mining intensifies 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Down creaky stairs, at the end of a dusty, stone and concrete corridor, eight figures huddle in the infirmary kitchen near a waist-high wooden block once used as a base for chopping raw meat. ‘Haunted’ Winchester infirmary lures hordes of ghost hunters 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z The newspaper said DiMassimo vaulted over waist-high metal railings, muscled past security guards and nearly got on the stage at the end of Trump's rally before Secret Service agents tackled and handcuffed him. A man arrested while trying to jump on the stage at a Donald Trump rally in Dayton reportedly told police he planned to grab the microphone and yell that Trump is a racist but didn't intend to hurt anyone 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z He opens a waist-high container and scoops out a handful of ink-colored corn kernels. Taco Maria's Carlos Salgado wants authentic tortillas: That means Mexican maize 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Gross held the branch waist-high and pointed it at the officer as he continued to approach her. No charges will be filed against Metro Transit officer in fatal March shooting 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z The finest examples of pop-up craftsmanship are displayed on waist-high tables, and customers are encouraged to open them up and admire. One-Thing Shops: Pop-Up Books, Madrid 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Not included in this list is the death of a man Sunday in Leesburg who police said suffered an apparent heart attack while walking home from a store through waist-high snow. Cleanup in D.C. after historic blizzard could stretch for days 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z She still remembers the muddy black water she drank as they made their way through desert and waist-high grass. Independent Silver Spring coffeehouse reopens 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z He proudly shows off his illegal plants, waist-high and fragrant, strategically hidden from view by rows of corn and nearly ready to be harvested. Mexican marijuana farmers see profits tumble as U.S. loosens laws 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Sitting in his office amid thousands of books—some shelved, others in teetering, waist-high piles—Haykel examined a section of Arabic text that hadn’t been translated for Keller’s slideshow at the Met. The Real Value of the ISIS Antiquities Trade 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z In 2013, a Spanish company called Wavegarden lit up the Internet with a video of perfect, peeling waist-high surf in what looked like a ditch lined with garbage bags. Artificial Wave Pools: A Landlocked Surfer’s Solution? 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z After that episode, waist-high barricades were placed in front of the fence, and temporary metal spikes were installed on the main barrier in July. Man Scales White House Fence as Obamas Celebrate Thanksgiving Inside 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Surveying the waist-high vines jutting from the rocky soil, she said it takes five years or more before they produce the quality she requires. China’s Winemakers Seek Their Own Napa Valley 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z Goldenrod and smooth cord grass are now about waist-high. Once a fetid mess, now serene wetland: NYC waters transform 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z These were not catastrophic floods, he notes, but were ankle-deep to waist-high flows “probably akin to a vigorous canoe ride.” Mars once hosted lakes, flowing water 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z “There is this decayed-ruins wonder to it,” she observes, looking at the waist-high growth. At Home With Artist and Landscape Designer Paula Hayes 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Others are planting actual trees — and corn, tomatoes, watermelon, even waist-high sunflowers that follow the light as it crosses the desert camp. As Others Flee to West, Most Syrian Refugees Remain in Region 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z On another wall there’s a poster showing the Statue of Liberty waist-high in water, and on a third a black-and-white photograph of Figueres’s father, José, who led the Costa Rican revolution of 1948. The Woman Who Could Stop Climate Change 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z The protesters then scaled a waist-high barricade, staging a sit-in before advancing past police to the entrances. The Latest on Ferguson: Arrests made along West Florissant 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z Guzmán changed his shoes, walked to a shower area in the corner of the cell, and knelt behind a waist-high concrete partition, out of view of security cameras. How El Chapo Builds His Tunnels 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z In the spartan room, there are a simple desk, a bed, a sink and a waist-high wall behind which lies the notorious shower. $1 Million Price Tag Hinted at in El Chapo’s Escape 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Behind the waist-high wall next to the squat toilet, designed to cover the lower half of inmates’ bodies as they shower, a 3-inch-thick square cement piece removed from the stall’s floor lay against the wall. Inside El Chapo’s Prison Cell 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z He returned to his bed, changed his shoes, strolled to the stall fully dressed and stooped below a waist-high wall. ‘El Chapo’ Escape Was Meticulously Planned 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Min-ho had told me he would lead our mother waist-high through the water and help her up one of the ladders on the Chinese bank. The night I helped my mother escape North Korea 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z Images on Tbilisi city hall’s Facebook page showed roads submerged by floodwater and landslides with many vehicles washed away, while rescue workers carried people on their shoulders through waist-high water. Zoo animals on the loose and deaths feared after Georgia floods 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z Even on a waist-high, blown-out day, it was possible to milk certain waves for long, improvised, thoroughly satisfying rides. Surfing into Adolescence 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z On Saturday, he and his family were crouched near a waist-high pile of bricks using hammers and chisels to chip off old cement. Without government help, rural Nepalese try to move past a devastating earthquake 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z All you need is a sturdy waist-high surface, like a kitchen counter, a desk, or the back of a park bench. A Workout You Can Do Anywhere 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z He likes a bus-shelter design in New York, which uses clear panels on three sides, a waist-high ticket-vending machine and a photo advertisement on the fourth side. Seattle plans to declutter street furniture with private help 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Among the most visible changes are unsightly waist-high fences around the building. The FAA should strike the right balance on drone regulation 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Wednesday when the ground collapsed and he was buried waist-high under soil and rock. Rescuers free worker stuck in NYC construction hole 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Last year, a marketing campaign deposited adorable mini kiosks—complete with adorable waist-high Coke vending machines selling adorable mini Cokes—in five German cities. How Coke Convinced Us to Pay More … for Less Soda 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z The stone monuments, standing barely waist-high, are known here and elsewhere as a humble but proud testament to sacrificing one’s life for what’s right. Condo to loom over samurai graves in Japan, spurring protest 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z A waist-high bullet hole was visible through the red door. Bystander shot, wounded by police officer in Southeast D.C. 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z One photo shows him inspecting waist-high tobacco leaves, wearing a pink hat with the Chinese characters for “Beijing” on it, the kind tourists typically buy. The Chinese Government Is Getting Rich Selling Cigarettes 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Herring includes a wonderful photograph of her smiling broadly as she stands in front of a waist-high pile of empty cans, presumably cat-food cans, in the dining room. Too Much Stuff | The New Yorker 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z Late last September, Mr. Jensen was harvesting waist-high durum wheat when he found his combine’s tires wet with an unmistakable sheen. The Downside of the Boom 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z Roofs began to creak and collapse and homeowners struggled to clear waist-high drifts atop their houses Thursday as another storm brought the Buffalo area’s three-day snowfall total to an epic 7 feet or more. Nation roundup: Roofs collapse, Bills move game following epic snowstorms Officials said waist-high mud was reported in some areas. Ventura County rainstorm causes mudslide, evacuations 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z Our tour wound down in front of a long, waist-high granite pool filled with koi, the remains of an unsuccessful attempt at sustainable fish farming that now doubled as a huge outdoor dining table. How Billionaire Oligarchs Are Becoming Their Own Political Parties 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Participants will wade into the harbor in waist-high boots. Wading news conference set on climate change 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z A family moved into a new home in 2008 and flanked the front walkway with two waist-high lion statues, the “fu dogs” that guard imperial Chinese palaces. Cash Pads: Why Are Chinese Millionaires Buying Mansions in This L.A. Suburb? 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Ten miles west, beyond the the Coronado Pass, the border might as well not exist; instead, it is marked by a waist-high steel barrier and barbed wire leaving gaping holes large enough to wriggle through. Between ranchers and Latinos, Arizona Democrats walk fine line on the border 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z The handle is set into the door frame at the window’s midpoint, as opposed to the traditional waist-high handle. 2014 Nissan Armada Test Drive And Review: Sail On 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z This week, a second waist-high fence, about 8 feet from the existing fence, was placed along part of the White House grounds, pushing pedestrians that much farther away from “The People’s House.” Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z If you ever want to make your quads and lungs burn at the same time, step up onto a flat bench holding 25-pound weights, lifting your knee waist-high with each step. College football workouts not for the meek 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z King translates loudly, for himself and the caravan of waist-high fans who follow him from one bazaar to the next. Don King takes old hustler act to Egypt to sell King of the Nile bout 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z The workers, dressed in white shirts and guayaberas with the Pemex logo, leaned over waist-high barriers to try to touch the president. Pemex, Mexico’s state oil giant, braces for a the country’s new energy landscape South County sophomore shortstop Jade Williams stepped into the batter’s box focused on one thing — a coveted waist-high pitch. Stallions edge Lake Braddock in extras With no choice but to push on to Markha, the exhausted workers took off their shoes, rolled up their pants, held hands and waded through the waist-high water. Markha Valley Journal: Hikers Spread Democracy in India 2014-05-13T02:01:33Z He wheeled a waist-high silver cube that was actually a coal-fired warming oven. City Room: Remember the Traveling Knish Man 2014-03-13T12:31:06Z Work spaces are open and more collaborative, with groups of people clustered together at tables or quasi-cubicles that are only waist-high. Today's Office: Smaller, Open, Flexible -- And LOUDER 2014-02-18T22:28:00Z The outhouse is a hole in the ground concealed by waist-high tarp walls. What a south-of-the-border revolution can teach us all about dignity 2014-01-24T13:27:00Z The vegetal escarpments sometimes tower waist-high in public stairwells, competing for space with rusting bicycles and neatly stacked piles of the honeycomb coal briquettes that still heat countless homes here. Beijing Journal: As Winter Nears, China Is Blanketed in Green 2013-12-12T01:28:19Z Then ahead of us I see rows of waist-high burial mounds. How Beijing--and the Rest of China--Recycles Plastic [Excerpt] 2013-11-08T16:45:03.663Z The labyrinth is made of 720 separate waist-high wooden posts linked by a mile of rope threaded between them. Naked antics prompt maze closure 2013-11-07T16:37:00Z In a few hours, cars will roll into the Family Drive-In Theatre and settle into neat lines next to row upon row of waist-high speaker poles. Transition to digital is costly proposition for drive-in movie theaters 2013-07-26T14:17:39Z There is the infamous rough, which, though well graded, is waist-high again in many places. Special Report: British Open: Back to Muirfield’s Venerable Links 2013-07-17T13:22:23Z On Monday, after he chopped a hard grounder off the third baseman’s glove for a third-inning single, he sent a waist-high fastball from Reading’s Austin Wright well over the left-field wall in the fifth. Positive Turn in Rodriguez’s Tour of Minors 2013-07-16T03:12:43Z The station was in better nick than the immediate neighbourhood; across the way waist-high grass grew untended; a long-closed supermarket was covered with graffiti, its green awning torn and hanging at a crazy angle. Glimmers of hope in Detroit 2013-06-19T01:14:22Z Open, where his wedge, waist-high, is striking the ball a second time. Defining Moment 2013-06-10T04:00:00Z Meanwhile grandstands packed with thousands line the main drag, and the entire course is curtailed by waist-high silver panels backed by spectators five feet deep. 10 Reasons You Should Follow Formula One 2013-06-04T22:26:46Z Thousands of bouquets with handwritten expressions of sympathy rise waist-high along a stretch of green steel fencing topped by razor wire, extending the length of two football fields. Grief and Political Reverberations After British Soldier’s Killing 2013-06-01T14:55:43Z He banged into the waist-high railing as he made a two-handed catch. Washington Nationals fall to New York Mets, extending early struggles 2013-04-21T20:51:26Z He swatted a waist-high puck into the net after goalie Ben Bishop got a piece of Turris' shot with his glove. Stamkos scores 26th in Lightning win over Sens 2013-04-10T02:32:10Z Today, their secretive behavior, low population densities, and ability to hide in the waist-high grass make sightings of these charismatic vertebrates quite rare. Can Endangered Animals Coexist with Big Ag? [Excerpt] 2013-02-22T19:15:00.507Z After pulling off a difficult approach Friday on the 17th at Monterey Peninsula CC, he walked back toward the fairway and, unable to contain himself, suddenly sprung catlike over a waist-high gallery rope. Can He Keep The 'Ha' In Hahn? 2013-02-12T05:00:00Z With a standing-water height of up to 1.5 metres at Battery Park on Manhattan’s southernmost tip, the rising tide skirted a second plywood blockade and poured over a waist-high concrete wall at another entrance. Damage control 2013-02-13T18:20:06.873Z Snow was waist-high in the streets of Boston. Northeast trying to get back on track after storm 2013-02-10T15:09:00Z In a clearing on the other side of a waist-high barricade made of branches, a dozen men in hard hats and high-visibility jackets look on. Road protests return: a new generation takes on the bypass builders 2013-01-12T08:01:01Z It flooded his ground-level apartment waist-high, claiming his furniture and most of his belongings. City Room: After His Home Was Flooded and His Music Lost, the Maestro Returns 2012-12-21T18:14:08Z England's Jimmy Anderson conjured a rare waist-high bounce on day three of the Fourth Test against India. India v England: Fourth Test notebook 2012-12-15T16:31:04Z Her family helped her to remove what possessions they could carry above their heads as they left the house in waist-high water. 'What good is crying over flood?' 2012-11-28T14:29:59Z They trudged six blocks through waist-high sewage, clutching suitcases above the muck, to meet the wife of kicker Nick Folk, who opened their home to them. Hurricane Sandy Has Jets Facing Two Different Realities 2012-11-06T02:41:36Z Later in the game he failed to dismiss Liverpool's Dirk Kuyt for a two-footed waist-high lunge. Mark Clattenburg: high flyer who courted controversy on and off field 2012-10-29T17:44:52Z Floodwaters rose waist-high in some neighborhoods, and the Louisiana National Guard was working with sheriff’s deputies to rescue people stranded in their homes. Isaac steers clear of direct blow on New Orleans 2012-08-30T07:15:00Z One looked through a peephole at the top of a Kinetoscope, a waist-high cabinet in which a light illuminated the frames of a continuous film loop. Digital Domain: Movie Screens, Small to Big to Small Again - Digital Domain 2012-07-07T17:14:12Z Nady never heard him, but he kept racing back, no regard for the waist-high wall he was approaching. Xavier Nady made an amazing catch 2012-06-09T04:27:29Z Nady sprinted back and drifted into the warning track, with little regard for the waist-high wall he was approaching. Nationals vs. Red Sox: Bryce Harper, Stephen Strasburg stand out in their Fenway Park debuts 2012-06-09T03:07:00Z Farther up, a tangled spray of waist-high maple saplings bowed and nodded, burnished wine-red. Green Blog: Meditation on the Colors of Nature 2012-04-14T10:00:42Z The wainscot is waist-high, and heavy beams divide the ceiling. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z "It was his stinger, his 2-iron," Cowan said, looking around until he locked his eyes on the waist-high mesh around the practice green at Sherwood Country Club. Caddies recall first Tiger shot that amazed 2012-02-07T22:02:11Z The four slaves seized the poles and, softly singing their working-chorus, raised their burden waist-high and began their walk back to the gate of Sand. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z Because Rangoon was abandoned by the generals, majestic government ministry buildings now stand empty, colonial-era hulks surrounded by waist-high grass and flitting bats. The Road to Naypyidaw: What Hillary Clinton Will See in Burma 2011-11-14T14:10:00Z We came upon them both together, the mower lying on its side, red with rust, amid a stretch of waist-high grass. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z The search party targeted a wooded patch with waist-high weeds. Kidnapped as toddler, NU's Bartels looks to future 2011-11-24T02:18:00Z On the final shot of a penalty shootout he dove to his right to stop a waist-high penalty kick by Nicolas Anelka, and Manchester United was crowned European champions. Goal: Van der Sar Stepping Out of Nets for a Run 2011-11-06T00:28:47Z But still standing bright and shiny on the deck was a waist-high compass used by the helmsmen. Divers Set Sights on Sunken WWII Ship Laden With Silver 2011-09-26T00:50:18Z By Thursday, the waves fizzled, offering weaker, waist-high sets. City Room: World Police and Fire Games Are Held in New York 2011-09-02T19:36:47Z Along the banks of the swollen, rushing brown river, residents sought to save what they could from homes submerged in waist-high water. Airlifts, water rescues in wake of Hurricane Irene 2011-08-31T12:56:35Z A few years ago, the O’s honored Earl Weaver with a plaque that’s on the wall, waist-high, in their dugout. Mike Flanagan brought unique perspective to the top of the mound 2011-08-25T18:16:39Z All the new greenery of the woods is saturated, and the hemlocks and nettles, stimulated to ardent growth, begin to send up their shoots waist-high. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z The sickly sweet odor of rancid juice boxes, stacked in waist-high bales, made a visitor’s eyes water. Design Notebook: Making Design Out of Rubbish 2011-08-11T03:18:47Z Coupled with the sometimes capricious pathfinding of the tribes-people, who happily ascend near-vertical inclines but quibble over puddles of waist-high water, all too often the role of unseen guardian involves little more than tiresome busywork. From Dust ? review 2011-07-30T23:05:19Z Here was a waist-high bin, or storage box, with a hinged cover. Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z It extended farther than their eyes could see—a waving, black-green, waist-high sea, its blades clashing like a forest of green swords. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z The clean, compact market features a large, airy room where raw fish fillets, shrimp, scallops and seafood are cradled in a waist-high, clear-topped refrigerator case. | Fish Markets: The Catch of the Day, by the Pound or the Plate 2011-07-16T03:11:13Z Despite the steep learning curve, practice matches draw the curious along the waist-high, tattered fence lining the field as the men shout for passes and race for tries. Afghan players dream of rugby glory 2011-06-24T09:34:12Z Winston ducked his head at the doorway and they passed through a wide archway and into a thatched-roof enclosure containing a long, waist-high furnace of Dutch brick. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Billie could still remember with something of a shiver the ancient, gnarled creature with her skirts tucked up about her wrinkled limbs, who, standing waist-high in the water, had taught her the first strokes. The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine 2011-06-05T02:00:14.760Z The sweet-smelling pyramids stood waist-high under the trees. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z When waist-high to the counter, he seemed to spring forward on his hands, spreading his legs at the same time so as to straddle both bulwarks. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z Works of literature and philosophy are stacked waist-high next to the desk. You Are What You Like (preview) 2011-02-27T14:15:01.083Z Certainly, the old-country man would open his eyes to see a crop waist-high, the heavy heads four to seven inches long, and giving two tons to the acre. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z Hundreds of cars were stranded for hours, as high winds and waist-high drifts prevented travel. Illinois senators want better protection for Chicago shoreline 2011-02-06T21:10:43Z It was about to be the fourth time the Lions downed the ball inside the 5, except that the ball hopped up waist-high — and right to McCann. McCann's return, Austin's TDs lift Dallas by Lions 2010-11-21T21:47:00Z In the back sit the waist-high bass drums, arranged in sets of six that surround each player like a honeycomb. A Symphony of Steel 2010-09-03T15:35:00Z A local police constable raised the alarm and most people got out, wading through waist-high water, but three people — an elderly couple and a 13-year-old girl — died when their house collapsed on them, villagers said. Experience Isn?t Enough in Pakistan?s Punjab Flood Plain 2010-08-21T20:20:00Z The common red clover grows in a half-acre patch in my neighbor's field waist-high, and he cut it three times last year. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z “He’s not seeing those waist-high fastballs he drove all over the park last year,” Stone said. Chicago News Cooperative: For Rookie Wonder, a Rare Seat on the Bench 2010-07-09T03:43:00Z Rescuers pulled people to safety from cars stranded in waist-high rushing water. Rains kill at least 89 in Rio, paralyze city 2010-04-06T20:17:00Z The AlterG, the only machine of its kind on the market, is an exercise treadmill with a waist-high enclosure added on. 2009-12-22T05:00:00Z The berry bushes crowd together in thick-set patches, waist-high, interspersed with big "high-bush" shrubs in clumps or alone, low, hoary juniper, and great, dark masses of richly glossy, richly fragrant bay. The Jonathan Papers Just lots of it; elk and deer plenty, and the bunch-grass waist-high. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z Early the next morning the Angel went down through the village, and climbing the fence, waded through the waist-high reeds that fringe the Sidder. The Wonderful Visit A league and a league of marsh-grass, waist-high, broad in the blade, Green, and all of a height, and unflecked with a light or a shade. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches The bracken was near waist-high, and often I had to force my way through a tangle of bramble and gorse. The New Gulliver and Other Stories And on the other side is a meadow whose thick grass, waist-high, ought to have been mowed last June and gathered into some dusky, fragrant barn. The Jonathan Papers Standing there near the clearing's edge, she peered intently at the waist-high grasses shrouding the boles of trees on both sides of the trail. The Return of Tharn As he thrust aside the weeds which grew waist-high, he trod on something that seemed to writhe under his feet like a snake. Man and Maid At his back, a man's length behind him was the water-hole, its deepest waters no more than waist-high. Voyage To Eternity Here the bracken grew waist-high, and you might see as many foxgloves in ten minutes as you would find in London in ten years. The New Gulliver and Other Stories A stunted jungle of thorny brambles and tough, waist-high grasses hampered their passage at first, ripping at coveralls and tangling the feet until they had beaten their way through it to lower ground. Pet Farm It feathers like a palm top: a stalk which was cut measured six feet, although from the ridges it was but waist-high. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 He raised one foot almost waist-high and drove the heel of his boot through the translucent observation panel. The Wedge The walls are shelved waist-high for books, and the top thus forms a continuous table running round the wall. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) The clear water from the hose flowed over the skin and turned a grayish brown as it ran down to the bottom of the shallow, waist-high stainless-steel trough in which the body was lying. Nor Iron Bars a Cage.... Between standing waist-high in mud in a trench and being drowned in it, buried in it, blown up or asphyxiated, the post of crossing-sweeper becomes a sinecure. With the French in France and Salonika They made their way through the bushes and waist-high grasses, being as careful as possible not to leave too many signs of their passing. The Happy Man The heavy grass, standing waist-high in the little valley where their ship was at rest, stirred to ripples of vivid green as a light breeze touched it. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 The 244 building stood on bare ground at the summit of a little rise near the Cienega bottom, where the grass and tulles grew waist-high. When the West Was Young Tiny streams of water trickle through it: blackberry-vines and wild grapes are twisted in the undergrowth; ferns and flowery nettles and mint grow waist-high. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit He dodged a shrub and reached the hedge; it was just waist-high. Smugglers' Reef As the scow struck the level water at the foot of this chute or cascade, her bow was submerged for almost a third of the length, and the men in front were wet waist-high. Young Alaskans in the Far North My seat was the biscuit block, a section of tree-trunk at least three feet across, and waist-high. Dishes & Beverages of the Old South I reached water waist-high, and next moment I was swimming. Hurricane Island We were walking peacefully along, through the waist-high grain, when Salome gave a little scream and jumped back, plump into my arms. The Love Story of Abner Stone The dirty, smoking funnel, the low chimney-piece poured back into her lungs the corroding heat of the waist-high oven. Germinie Lacerteux In front of her the dark green wheat rolled waist-high, and beyond it the vast sweep of whitened grass rolled back to the sky-line flooded with light. Hawtrey's Deputy It was a small spider, barely more than waist-high. The Raid on the Termites They stood close together on the circular top, holding on to the crossed bails, waist-high. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good A league and a league of marsh-grass, waist-high, broad in the blade. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year The wild, thorny growths, waist-high, had to be carefully dealt with. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs In front of her the dark green wheat rolled waist-high, and beyond it the vast sweep of grass stretched back to the sky-line. Masters of the Wheat-Lands Majestic and aloof it soared, dwarfing all near it—the termitary which, yesterday, had been but waist-high. The Raid on the Termites For example, in one Sunni neighborhood of Shia-governed Baghdad, there is less than two hours of electricity each day and trash piles are waist-high. The Iraq Study Group Report The stone to which Harry referred was larger than any other, being three feet square, and placed about waist-high from the floor. A Voyage with Captain Dynamite The grass stood waist-high and wet in the dew as we turned along the meadow side, and L’Olonnois flinched a bit, although Lafitte waded along carelessly. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive With Simpson leading, they donned waist-high waders with wide, flat silicone-coated pans strapped to the feet and started out to inspect the installation. The Native Soil To be sure, Hester's happiness contained a fair admixture of fright when Nuncey took her hand and led her out till the water rose more than waist-high about her. Shining Ferry Here, crouching behind natural breastworks--limestone ridges waist-high--the southern ranks delivered so hot a fire as to repulse Sumner's men. History of the United States, Volume 4 "Blast you all!" shrieked Leary, and with a leg either side of the fallen man's body he held the pistol waist-high. Sonnie-Boy's People On the side next to the water hole, the grass and tulles grew nearly waist-high. Kid Wolf of Texas He paused one moment, as the great wave curled over him, then went through it head-first with such force that he shot waist-high out of the sea on the other side. Charlie to the Rescue First by Sam Shipton, who shot waist-high above the sea with a loud gasp, and struck out wildly. The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables The roof had a low railing waist-high, but broad. Tarrano the Conqueror Ultimately, however, we effected the passage of the bush, and found ourselves fairly in the valley, with long dry grass, waist-high, plenty of trees, big and little, but not much bush or creeper. The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn Still in silence he began to drop down the face of the hill, and sometimes climbing over moss-grown rocks, sometimes wading waist-high in the river itself, he made his way to the heap of debris. A Mating in the Wilds Simmons caught it waist-high, dropped it, kicked and went down under the charge of the desperate second squad players. Left End Edwards The sea lies placid as glass between the crescent horns of the long, low reefs,—thirty miles from horn to horn, with never a tree to break the swale of the grass waist-high. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom The way led through fields of barley now standing almost waist-high. With Our Army in Palestine The grass was waist-high and very matted, rendering the going rather difficult, but the distance was a mere trifle, and in about ten minutes we were at the trees. The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn In a few moments we gained the boat, wading waist-high to come at her, and rolling like drunken men over her gunwale into her bottom. The Honour of the Flag From the village to the easternmost point was over quaking moss ankle-deep, or through long, rank grass, waist-high and water-rotted with sea-fog. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward As they wade through the waist-high hay fields they meet the fleeing colonists. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom No living thing was to be seen in or around the house; but, at the sound of the bark, a face looked out from a window, about waist-high from the lawn. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel The Germans kept their line of fire about waist-high so they would not kill their own men, some of whom they could see groveling on the ground. Sergeant York And His People With a sad look in his eyes Willie let him go, watching the tall form as it strode waist-high through the brakes and sweet fern that patched the meadow. Flood Tide Its pale lilac spikes of blossom stand waist-high above a wilderness of feathering, curving, delicately indented, burnished leaves—deep, glossy, cool, and green. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series This he nursed to flame; the flame sprang up waist-high, hot and yellow. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story I waded waist-high in the fragrant lupine, and even took a nap on pine needles while White Mountain located the bench mark he was seeking. I Married a Ranger If you are learning alone, begin in quiet, shallow water only deep enough to float you; waist-high is sufficiently deep. On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls A hard-copy dispatch remote on a shoulder harness extended forward waist-high. The Universe — or Nothing Another ten or twelve hours’ driving and they’d be at the foot of the trail where the grass grew to waist-high. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town By November the islands were ice-locked and snow had drifted waist-high through the forests. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark Were he and Harry to blunder into the slough waist-high, as we had done? Berry And Co. But finding none, he started pushing his way through the waist-high tangle of brush. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects The deep wrinkles around his mouth twitched from cast-iron grin to scowl and back as he pointed from Brad's holster to the waist-high counter that separated them. The Universe — or Nothing During the afternoon a pair of men drove two lines of waist-high stakes to mark the survey of the short section of ground yet untouched, doing this under Carrigan's supervision. The Iron Furrow Their waters played with them and spun them round, caught them, and let them go, and roared and foamed about them as they bobbed and danced their devil's jig, waist-high, in one another's arms. Jacqueline of Golden River We scrambled up the yellow grit above, joined hands, and raced along the rabbit tracks, through waist-high bracken and clumps of gorse, for the Coupée. Carette of Sark Larkspur grew waist-high with its long spikes of blue. Letters of a Woman Homesteader The passage being made in safety, they rested during the hot hours, and resumed their march in the evening amid a heavy storm of rain, often having to wade waist-high the flooded fields. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India For hours now, Carl had lain hidden in the waist-high grass, staring at the Seminole camp. Diane of the Green Van The mason who fixed it, standing waist-high in water as the tide ebbed, called for a rope and hitched it round the ankle of the dead man. The Ship of Stars He, at least, knew whose were those three stern, set faces defiantly peering over the low parapet that ran waist-high along the edge of the mole. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. The hack presently stopped before a high iron gate in a waist-high brick wall with a spiked iron railing on top of it, the whole overrun with weeds and creepers. A Woman Named Smith The wee dogs, keen both of ear and scent, shot like small electric volts from Stonie's couch, hurled themselves through the hall and sprang almost waist-high against Everett's side in a perfect ecstasy of welcome. Rose of Old Harpeth Suddenly in a shallow pool, near the river's edge, and bordered with waist-high grass, he came upon a flock of black ducks. The Silent Places The bedroom contained a big bed, a chest of drawers waist-high, and some easy chairs. Là-bas But view the stately high pitch of the chamber, the majestic wide windows and private balcony without, the tall mantel of pure black marble, the still handsome walnut paneling, waist-high, the massive splendid doors. V. V.'s Eyes One ran into the water, waist-high, lifting a club. Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts Then back went the ball, waist-high, and Harris caught it and turned it carefully. Left Tackle Thayer Men who might, in later years, wish to follow this Indian trail, would look not for footprints but for waist-high indications of the axe. The Silent Places We could see their men, waist-high above bulwarks, firing as they came. D'Ri and I He had lifted the Doctor waist-high from the water before the other helpers sprang on board and completed the rescue. True Tilda These were turned beseechingly upon the French Red Cross doctors, kneeling waist-high in the straw and unreeling long white bandages. With the Allies Neither dew nor rain fell upon them; and their shoes and their clothes were not worn away, although by their dancing they buried themselves waist-high. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 In each outer curve facing the enemy a firing platform, about waist-high, had been cut in the earth, with similar armored port-holes. Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them The grain was waist-high on either side the wagon road, and he sniffed the warm aroma of it with delighted nostrils. Burning Daylight At the well we started on foot, Mr. Porter in kneeboots, I in waist-high waders. At the Foot of the Rainbow She had displayed the object on a simple, waist-high pedestal finished in black lacquer. Undo, a Novel By Joe Hutsko He could have compared her to a goddess still partly engaged in a morning cloud, or to a sea-nymph waist-high in the summer surge. The Ambassadors He stood in a mass of weeds that grew waist-high in the field that ran away from the hillside. Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life Yes, thirty of them came to rescue us while the water was only waist-high; then it rose another three feet or so and we had to rescue them. Beasts and Super-Beasts "Dad has just come in with a pair of waist-high boots, and a scalping knife, I think," answered Leslie. Michael O'Halloran The door was not placed in the middle of this end, but at one side, allowing for a huge iron can waist-high which stood in the other corner. The Enormous Room Not so accurately, possibly, but they knew how to shoot waist-high, to shoot at the feet. Battle Studies The waist-high arrangement and a further subdivision of work so that each man had fewer movements cut down the labour time per chassis to one hour thirty-three minutes. My Life and Work The bracken, waist-high at first, was like small hoops at the top of the wood, where the tiny golden tormentil made a carpet and the yellow pimpernel was closing her eager eyes. Gone to Earth Two broad swamps also had to be crossed, the soldiers wading waist-high in the water, and carrying their ammunition-pouches on their heads. A Narrative of the Siege of Delhi With an Account of the Mutiny at Ferozepore in 1857 He could see that Rand-Brown was racing up for the pass, and, as he reached the back, he sent the ball to him, waist-high. The Gold Bat There was good fishing in Grass Lake, but waist-high marsh grass, saw-edged, barred the way for nearly half a mile. Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island |
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