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This show took that fear and swollowed it never to be thought again.
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But on Monday, Colbert swollowed his pride - he admitted he was wrong.
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Many people on low incomes and benefits find that a very large slice of their incomes are being swollowed up by bank charges, thanks to the fact that the current norm is to force people to pay their bills via Direct Debit.
Archive 2007-11-01 2007
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At 2004-06-12 on 2: 50 p.m. ... so let me slip away ... depression has swollowed me whole. though you dont see you dont see me the way i wish you could and you dont know me know me the way you should
allhopeslost Diary Entry allhopeslost 2004
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His friend gave a weary smile and swollowed a few drops of sherry wine.
The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's Plan Daisy Ashford 1926
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Mr Salteena dare not say a word so he swollowed his tea and eat a Marie biscuit hastilly.
The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's Plan Daisy Ashford 1926
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As wave after wave of Yankee power has rolled up and trembling above their heads has threatened to engulph them in the mighty vortex that has swollowed up so many of our countrymen, the army has stood firm -- the waves have been rolled back and those patriotic exempts have been left to pursue, undismayed and undisturbed, their peaceful, private occupations.
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His small son had swollowed too much water and passed away.
WN.com - Articles related to Adventure tourism complex launched in Tamil Nadu 2010
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His small son had swollowed too much water and passed away.
WN.com - Articles related to Adventure tourism complex launched in Tamil Nadu 2010
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Fill what we've got before more beautiful farmland is swollowed up to build more
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