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The problem is that they a swong with the pendulum too far into the “do not get too involved with worldy affairs”.
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The problem is that they a swong with the pendulum too far into the “do not get too involved with worldy affairs”.
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ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: In a world of extreme makeovers and swong (ph) ...
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Be aisy, me son: she won't spoil the swing-swong in your little three.
John Bull's Other Island George Bernard Shaw 1903
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'Then she went out into the garden, where there were beautiful flowers and trees; and she fastened a thread of silk from one tree to another, to make a swing-swong, and she began swinging on it.
Poets and Dreamers Studies and translations from the Irish Lady Gregory 1892
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And the young lady that was going to be married, came down the steps into the garden, and she wanted to go on the swing-swong.
Poets and Dreamers Studies and translations from the Irish Lady Gregory 1892
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Suddenly the boat's head was turned inland; a huge breaker, foaming along our gunwales, drove us forwards like the downwards motion of a "swing-swong," and, before we knew where we were, an ugly little bar had been crossed on the top of the curling scud.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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Later during the ride as my driver was going through a bump / trench field my foot caught onto a rock or something and I let go a pretty big scream more of shock than pain actually as my foot was swong off the foot hold and I nearly feel off.
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I think Casey was put in for a swan swong and we are not likely to see him again.
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“swing-swong,” and, before we knew where we were, an ugly little bar had been crossed on the top of the curling scud.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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