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Examples
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Now evryone in Kentucky is not uneducated but th majority have no cluse on the issues at hand.
Exit Polls: Did the Edwards endorsement make a difference? 2008
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Rob said they r going to go see the golden compass, maybe some cluse in trailors, dunno. but al of their myspaces have been visited and commens updates except for Jamie. hmm maybe nothin from her till the 9th
TidoWave Cruel-etin Board Dennis 2007
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His name was Anton Gabrielli, a wealthy industrialist turned re - cluse, who had rarely been seen in public since his wife died several years ago.
The Bellini Bride Reid, Michelle 2002
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Even a “re - cluse” like Jeremy Bentham came to care greatly for freedom of association and extending the franchise, as experience taught him that no government would take the advice he gave unless popular pressure was brought to bear on it.
LIBERALISM JOHN PLAMENATZ 1968
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The _cluse_, a narrow valley, is just paradisiacal, a bit of Eden made up of smooth pastures, rippling water, hanging woods, and golden glens, all this bright afternoon sparkling amid dew and sunshine.
Holidays in Eastern France Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877
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Re-çess, a withdrawing v. Re-çite, to relate or rehearse v. Re-claim, to amend in life v. Re-cline, to lean backwards a. Re-cluse, shut up v. Re-coil, to fly back v. Re-count, to relate
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(the best thing that could happen to it!) and attack the roulade with a swift colpo di glottide to the lug (though Maace I will insist was reclined from overdoing this, his recovery often being slow) and then, O! on the third dead beat, O! to cluse her eyes and aiopen her oath and see what spice I may send her.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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- Ed Bott has been doing some sleuthing in the license agreements contained in beta builds of retail versions of Windows 7 Home Premium and spotted an interesting cluse: "If you are a
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- Ed Bott has been doing some sleuthing in the license agreements contained in beta builds of retail versions of Windows 7 Home Premium and spotted an interesting cluse: "If you are a
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