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Mind you, this is an oil company that set the standard for being a terrible oil company, even before the big Earth-extincting oil spill they created.
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Mind you, this is an oil company that set the standard for being a terrible oil company, even before the big Earth-extincting oil spill they created.
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There are many other animals which are also extincting from earth.
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But next to simply gathering these far-flown leaves, the challenge of dealing with ever more rapid generational change between storage media looks to archivists the way the massively extincting asteroid must have looked to the dinosaurs.
Ark Hive 2008
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If he killed these animals, would he be re-extincting the species?
The Source of Magic Anthony, Piers 1979
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Wouldn't it be nice that all humans would prosper with the help of all neighbors, extincting selfishness and greediness, and caring for the human mankind who are less than fortunate than ourselves.
legitgov 2009
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It is the nusery bed of the Horseshoe crabs which are extincting … The mangroves, birds, insects, streams, villages, fish pond, fields, farms and nature … ….
Global Voices Online Wendy 2008
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China's hunger for redmeats is actually fucking up our Eco-system; extincting our original ancient grasslands in Brazil and Africa.
Sticking Out Tongues The Daily Growler 2006
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Isn’t he the guy some say is responsible for extincting the dinosaurs?
Spain Next to Deal With Somali Pirates - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Isn’t he the guy some say is responsible for extincting the dinosaurs?
Spain Next to Deal With Somali Pirates - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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