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Surmounting a long-distance relationship -- with his life in Houston and her life in Tucson and Washington, DC -- they married in 2007.
Beverly Wettenstein: Rep. Giffords Opened Her Eyes - Have Members of Congress? - Lessons From Tucson - Media Trust Beverly Wettenstein 2011
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Surmounting the structure as imperiously as the columns of a temple or the funnels of an ocean liner, these smokestacks proclaimed a landmark representing the progress of humankind and the machine, like no other.
Michael Henry Adams: The Preservation Elite Meet: At a Party Downtown, for a Good Cause 2009
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Surmounting such obstacles is not a small challenge and necessitates a multi-pronged offensive.
The Life Divine possesses a central position in this momentous adventure Tusar N Mohapatra 2008
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Surmounting such obstacles is not a small challenge and necessitates a multi-pronged offensive.
Archive 2008-03-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2008
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Surmounting each arch of the colonnade is a small dome: in all there are a hundred and twenty, and at different points arise seven minarets, dating from various epochs, and of somewhat varying altitudes and architecture.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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Surmounting deficiencies involves more than economic growth alone.
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Surmounting deficiencies involves more than economic growth alone.
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Surmounting the legacies of colonialism remains a complex challenge for many communities, but at leastno future imperial threats loom.
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Surmounting the legacies of colonialism remains a complex challenge for many communities, but at least no future imperial threats loom.
Address at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs 2000
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Surmounting the last step, Ehomba batted aside a lethal, crackling globe half his size and was swallowed up by the consequent deluge of rabid green sparks and shattered shafts of lightning.
A Triumph of Souls Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000
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