A white-knuckle, down-river ride to save Peru's past. From Wordnik.com. [Ruins on the Rapids] Reference
He was a white-knuckle flier in the best of conditions. From Wordnik.com. [So Hard To Forget]
Personally I welcome a break from white-knuckle urgency. From Wordnik.com. [Does Obama's Statement Help Or Hurt Lieberman?] Reference
After a slow start, white-knuckle time on the summit ridge. From Wordnik.com. [Critical Mass] Reference
It's going right down to the wire, white-knuckle time here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Presidential Race to Be Decided by Florida Results; GOP Retains Control of House; Control of Senate Remains in Doubt - November 7, 2000] Reference
A white-knuckle day on Wall Street and the fed makes a big move. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 22, 2008] Reference
To tell you the truth, I'm what is known as a white-knuckle flier. From Wordnik.com. [Space]
And nervous investors prepare for what could another white-knuckle ride. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 28, 2008] Reference
This is a white-knuckle race going right up to the finish line in Texas. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 2, 2008] Reference
Can the long-term investor really hang on through this white-knuckle ride?. From Wordnik.com. [Investing Between the 30-Yard Lines] Reference
Compared with real white-knuckle sci-fi, "Taken" is just a close encounter. From Wordnik.com. [No-Fly Zone] Reference
The result is a white-knuckle ride that takes its toll on all the passengers. From Wordnik.com. [China Goes Bubble Popping] Reference
My goal here is to give people an edge of your seat, white-knuckle thrill ride. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 13, 2007] Reference
I enjoy that better than flying because, you know, I'm that white-knuckle flier. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 26, 2007] Reference
Some have a hard time making decisions, so every deadline is white-knuckle time. From Wordnik.com. [Work & Family Mailbox] Reference
And, yes we have had 4 white-knuckle commutes in one week and its only December. From Wordnik.com. [Do You Have the Courage to Ask for Help?] Reference
Still, boosting capital spending is a white-knuckle decision for many companies. From Wordnik.com. [Seeing Economic Rebound, Firms Step Up Spending] Reference
The white-knuckle moments on election night were fewer than many people expected. From Wordnik.com. [Philip N. Cohen: Score One for the Polls] Reference
In one white-knuckle incident 21 years ago a tire blew on takeoff from Washington. From Wordnik.com. [What Went Wrong] Reference
Anyway, it's looking like a white-knuckle roller coaster ride right to the finish. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Exclusive: Hillary's Iowa Gap In Zogby Poll Worsens After Second-Choice Allocations] Reference
But those white-knuckle moments are almost always the most revealing and rewarding. From Wordnik.com. [Paula Berg: Revolutionizing Corporate Communication: 6 Tips for Integrating Social Media and Inspiring Organizational Change] Reference
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: The white-knuckle ride continued on Wall Street this week. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 20, 2002] Reference
She gulped and nodded, and slowly relaxed her white-knuckle grip on the control stick. From Wordnik.com. [Battlestar Galactica] Reference
And it was a white-knuckle affair for several years, very, very scary sometimes, even. From Wordnik.com. [The Buying of the Congress: How Special Interests Have Stolen Your Right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness] Reference
To be fair, the business press was stressed out by its own rounds of white-knuckle layoffs. From Wordnik.com. [Diane Tucker: How 9,000 Business Reporters Blew The Mother Of All Meltdowns] Reference
Trying to ferret out winners among airlines proved another white-knuckle adventure in 2008. From Wordnik.com. [Airlines] Reference
His eyes narrowed on the still-full glass of champagne she clutched in a white-knuckle grip. From Wordnik.com. [The Part Time Wife]
So, of course, driving anywhere is a white-knuckle adventure right now for millions of people. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2007] Reference
I have seen a lot of white-knuckle sober folks, you know, they are just like, I'm sober for 19 days in a row. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 29, 2002] Reference
After their white-knuckle landing, they found a South Sea island unlike any they had seen in a travel brochure. From Wordnik.com. [Trouble in Paradise] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE TRAVELER: I'm a white-knuckle flyer anyway, and then this just added to, you know, the anxiety. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2001] Reference
You know, for a lot of people watching Wall Street these past few weeks, it has been white-knuckle time, to be sure. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2008] Reference
FOREMAN: It was a white-knuckle drive for the last cars to make it across the bridge before it closed late last night. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2006] Reference
It's just so far and necessitates a 4: 15 alarm and then a Beltway and I-95 white-knuckle motoring adventure in the pre-dawn dark. From Wordnik.com. [Air Schlep] Reference
It's not total insanity: the final hour of the film looks like it will deliver the white-knuckle action that is Cameron's signature. From Wordnik.com. ['Titanic' In Dry Dock] Reference
March is, after all, also the time when parents typically white-knuckle getting their kids into the right school -- from preschool on up. From Wordnik.com. [Ann Handley: Parenting As Competitive Sport] Reference
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