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Prevented Al Gore from stealing enough votes in Florida for one.
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Prevented from obtaining his share of meat and fish when a general feed was given to the camp-dogs, he became a clever thief.
The Bondage 2010
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Prevented by locked doors in front of them from getting what they came for and prevented by locked doors behind them from getting away, they were stuck in the muddled middle.
No Evidence To Suggest That Pot Shops Influence Crime Rates The Denver Post 2011
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Prevented Al Gore from stealing enough votes in Florida for one.
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Prevented teachers from tapping into the full potential of their students
NCLB's 9th anniversary: 'Will there be anything we will need to remember after the test?' Valerie Strauss 2011
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* Prevented the 2nd Great Depression predicted by most economists in late 2008.
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Prevented by locked doors in front of them from getting what they came for and prevented by locked doors behind them from getting away, they were stuck in the muddled middle.
No Evidence To Suggest That Pot Shops Influence Crime Rates The Denver Post 2011
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Prevented by a head-ache he could not come, but sent me an apology hastily written, of which the following is a copy, and which being, as he frankly says in it, a picture of his own mind, I have thought it a proper introduction to his 'Wild Flowers,' and recommend it accordingly to the readers of that little volume.
Letter 178 2009
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Prevented from paring enrollment, states have cut services, including Arizona's limiting of Medicaid coverage for organ transplants.
GOP Governors Seek Leeway to Cut Medicaid Rolls Janet Adamy 2011
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The posting time read: 8: 47 P.M. Below the date, in red lettering, was the headline: "Terror Threat Should Have Prevented Disaster."
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