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- Contraction of we are.
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- phrase
we are
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Examples
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Leroy: Of course it comes from crippled, but for disabled artists and scholars, it's a word we're taking back.
Cory Silverberg: When it Comes to Sex, Are Your Sins Invalid? Cory Silverberg 2011
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"If you send me your husband's resume I'd be interested in finding out exactly what's happening right there because the word we're getting is that somebody in that kind of hi-tech field, that kind of engineer, should be able to find something right away," he said.
Obama says he will help unemployed engineer find job during video 'hangout' 2012
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In many ways, this is a distinction without a difference, though I suppose it now makes a lot of his new demonstrations of Catholic conversion to be ... well, I suppose the phrase we're using these days is, "pious bologna."
Marianne Gingrich, Newt Gingrich's Ex-Wife, Says He Wanted An 'Open Marriage' (VIDEO) 2012
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Leroy: Of course it comes from crippled, but for disabled artists and scholars, it's a word we're taking back.
Cory Silverberg: When it Comes to Sex, Are Your Sins Invalid? Cory Silverberg 2011
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I think the name we have is the name we're going to continue with.
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"I think the name we have is the name we're going to continue with."
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"The word we're getting is that prices are going to continue to go up," he said.
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After going through what he described as "we're all going to die" Wednesday, there's been general relief that things are looking a bit more promising.
The Guardian World News Martin Farrer 2011
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"The word we're getting is that prices are going to continue to go up," he said.
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Josh Shirley was one of the defensive stars I think this is a phrase we're going to hear over and over throughout is Husky career.
The Seattle Times 2011
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