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It was as if saying his name opened the floodgates.
"Just like a human to open the floodgates of hell and run for high ground."
Now that the first words were out, they had opened a floodgate.
And if that's the case, why not open the floodgates completely?
"Better to just open the floodgates and let the water rush in!"
She started to cry, and the floodgates seemed to open up.
From 2008 to 2010, 167 players played 28,000 games on Floodgate.
He later told his son that this opened the floodgates.
Going there, even for just a moment, was like opening the floodgates.
"It would open the floodgates for us to hit at least 48 of their other market practices."
The floodgates inside me opened, and my mouth soon followed.
"Now the floodgates are open and it'll probably be an arms race."
But the floodgates had been opened, and there was no way of holding back.
The floodgates to the supernatural world are open tonight, remember.
That made it 27-14 Florida and the floodgates opened up.
If this book is allowed to be published the floodgates will open.
But it was a show at the Modern that may have opened the floodgates.
The score that opened the floodgates came out of nothing after 62 minutes.
Its floodgates could not be opened because power in the area had been knocked out.
And it doesn't take much for the floodgates to open.
Most people in the communications business expect the Bush administration to open the floodgates for the rest of the country.
"On the other hand, they're most likely opening a floodgate, which they'll find very difficult to close."
"All it takes is one to get the floodgates open.
Almost any other choice would have opened the floodgates of criticism.
But once the floodgates opened, it all came pouring out.