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Its legs mimic an animal's legs, and are able to absorb shock and recycle energy as the machine moves around.
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He said youngsters have a higher risk of head injury than adults because their skulls are thinner and less able to absorb shock.
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Similarly, a cuirass decorated with a golden-eyed dragon swirling amid clouds was sturdy enough to absorb the shock of bullets witness the three, round indentations.
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These unmovable surfaces are harsh on bare feet, and the thin rubber sole of many flip-flops does little to adequately absorb the shock they produce.
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There is a recognition that, with more than 100 days to absorb the shock of the SNP majority, the re-start of politics-as-normal post-summer requires a clearer strategy.
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Liddy oversaw Allstate during turbulent times in the post-Katrina era, when most major home and commercial insurers increased premiums, ratcheted up deductibles and narrowed terms of coverage to absorb the shock of hurricane-related payouts.
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Among the future possibilities: bridges that won't buckle under severe seismic stress, a new generation of Frank Gehry-inspired forms of improbably twisted steel, car frames that can absorb the shock of head-on collisions and, yes, knives that may never need sharpening.
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And there have been better models introduced that absorb more of the shock from a hit.
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Users always seem to adjust to higher prices, but the global economy has limits to how much shock it can absorb at any one time.
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Familiar with Unequal's claims that its pads can absorb up to 80% of the "chronic impact shock" from hits, Mr. Hatfield asked Unequal to design a chest protector for Mr. Vick using the same patented technology Unequal develops for shoes worn by some NFL players.
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She said the win had come as "a big shock" to her and her family and asked the media to give them "space and privacy to absorb the implications".
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