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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
vail .
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Examples
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This is just a vailed government give back to the health care lobbyists.
Public option may be dropped from final health care bill 2009
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Additional funding would be nice but assuming that does not happen, CxP is in the position it is in because it ignored 20+ years of studies and design reference missions, decided not to maximize synergy between existing programs and is starting over from square 1 with all new developments, thinly vailed to "look" like Shuttle/Apollo hardware in order to convince those that do not understand the engineering.
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I liked the vailed threat no joking or no interview.
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I need proof cause right now your motives and thinly vailed excuses are paper thin. the one finger you have pointing at Obama, remeber you have four right back at you. take a second to look at the full picture and not your own selfish agenda.
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What she's saying is thinly vailed appeals to racism – that he is not adequate and is lacking.
Exit Polls: Did the Edwards endorsement make a difference? 2008
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Now tonight Obama gives a vailed threat of not supporting the winner if it's not him.
Bill: Reporters Who Dwell On Racial Dust-Ups Are "Determined To Take Election Away" From The People 2009
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It's just another vailed attempt by the religious right to hold on to total power through all kind of intimidation based on the "poof" fairy tale, at least there is plenty of evidence of evolution after that "poof"happening report as abusive
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It may be vailed threat to the glorious project of Eretz Israel.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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No sooner had the general acclamation of joyful surprise subsided, than silence was eagerly demanded for reading the royal commission; and the bonnets, which hitherto each Chief had worn, probably because unwilling to be the first to uncover, were now at once vailed in honour of the royal warrant.
A Legend of Montrose 2008
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I besought Sir Charles, that he would not be pre-vailed upon to take part with them, if she continued averse to a change of condition.
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