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It was in mid-winter, when Billy, with quite a deal of obvious reluctance, broached a money matter to Saxon.
CHAPTER IV 2010
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Behold, as they approach the southern mid-winter of the Horn, when they have need of all their feathers, they proceed to moult, because, forsooth, this is the summer time in the land they came from.
CHAPTER XXXI 2010
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The deal ended a crippling mid-winter gas shortage in Ukraine and Eastern Europe, but now prosecutors charge that she abused her powers signing a 10-year deal at high prices.
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The government at the time dropped supplies from helicopters, but was embarrassed by television images of Iraqis struggling across the mountains in mid-winter, only to find there was no shelter or facilities for them.
Refugees From Syria Stream Into Turkey Ayla Albayrak 2011
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The concept sprouted mid-winter -- a season of longing for fields of green.
Liz Neumark: Going Once, Going Thrice Liz Neumark 2010
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The public are probably not aware that that's being solved by crisis management, particularly during mid-winter with things like flu, with consultants stepping in overnight or employing locums at the last moment.
NHS children's care at risk through lack of well-qualified doctors and nurses 2011
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"I have four grandkids on the ground, two more on the way, and my youngest gets married on June 12th, so I expect results from him by mid-winter," Republican State Rep. Krayton Kerns told Mr. Marbut by email last year.
A Gun Activist Takes Aim at U.S. Regulatory Power Jess Bravin 2011
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So as I think about it, winter is shaping up to be pretty busy -- not even counting any trips or ice fishing or perhaps mid-winter steelheading should I suddenly have a desire for self-punishment.
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But let us remember that the source of all our mid-winter shopping, partying and praying is the sun, El Sol, our father who art in orbit, hallowed be thy rays.
Wes Nisker: Worship The Sun! (Not Just The Son) Wes Nisker 2011
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The concept sprouted mid-winter -- a season of longing for fields of green.
Liz Neumark: Going Once, Going Thrice Liz Neumark 2010
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