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Examples
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One of Kucinich's most redeeming qualities has been his constant, princi pled and proper ob jection to the war in Iraq.
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If Winifred had any ‘jection he w’d cut — her — throat.
In Chancery 2004
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Or it might have let loose with a wave pro-jection instead of particulate matter.
The Chronicles of Riddick Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004
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There was an atmosphere of oppression in the house, my own pro jection.
Incubus Arensberg, Ann, 1937- 1999
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Agonized by her re-jection, Emien cried out, tasting salt.
Stormwarden Wurts, Janny 1989
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Since metaphor attains its extra dimension by the pro - jection of images, poets of the past could now be fruitfully restudied by retracing their characteristic trains of imagery.
MOTIF HARRY LEVIN 1968
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Re - jection on similar grounds of the reports of travelers and chroniclers would soon turn history into fiction.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas HENRY G. VAN LEEUWEN 1968
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There is a hint of this already in Carneades, who opposes to the Stoic doctrine of fate not only his own dialectical refutation but also the Epicurean re - jection of fatalism (Cicero, De fato 21-23).
SKEPTICISM IN ANTIQUITY PHILLIP DE LACY 1968
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So also was John Stuart Mill's famous work, On the Sub - jection of Women (1869).
Dictionary of the History of Ideas MARY DALY 1968
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Parochialism is the pro - jection of our present knowledge of our limited envi - ronment into the whole universe.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas JOSEPH AGASSI 1968
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