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Examples
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Yet, although he little dreamed it, this very accident was to give him the long-looked-for opportunity.
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In commenting on the Christian Bible, the greatest of the sages, Maimonides, affirmed that the rabbis of Jerusalem were to be showered with praise for their courageous rectitude in thus disposing of the foul impostor and heretic who dared claim to be the adored and long-looked-for (and still-awaited) Messiah.
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The epigram, innocently made by the good prelate, the long-looked-for revenge, kindled a gleam of delight in all eyes.
Two Poets 2007
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The epigram, innocently made by the good prelate, the long-looked-for revenge, kindled a gleam of delight in all eyes.
Two Poets 2007
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I NEVER had so much interest before, and very likely I shall never have so much interest again, in the state of the wind, as on the long-looked-for morning of Tuesday the Seventh of June.
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Was the long-looked-for chance actually coming at last?
No Thoroughfare 2007
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In fact, in the side of the lake, and now above the surface of the water, appeared the long-looked-for opening.
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Looking to the westward we see the long-looked-for slope of the Pacific stretching far away, seemingly all an impenetrable forest; to the northeast Caledonia Bay and the Guard is plainly visible; immediately around me I see Lieutenant Schulze, Mr. J. A. Sullivan, Ensigns Collins and Eaton of the Guard, Messrs.
The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005
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Looking to the westward we see the long-looked-for slope of the Pacific stretching far away, seemingly all an impenetrable forest; to the northeast Caledonia Bay and the Guard is plainly visible; immediately around me I see Lieutenant Schulze, Mr. J. A. Sullivan, Ensigns Collins and Eaton of the Guard, Messrs.
The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005
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In fact, in the side of the lake, and now above the surface of the water, appeared the long-looked-for opening.
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