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Est-ce que le racisme disparaît si cent mille racistes nient le racisme?
Barack Obama, Gregory Charles, Bye Bye, Racism in Quebec, Radio Canada gay person of color 2009
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She saw that the thermostat-a plain old Honeywell not much different from the one in her New York apart-nient-was still on the wall.
The Dark Tower King, Stephen 2004
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Despite her misgivings about being here, the same feeling of excite nient that had overtaken her that first day raced through her again.
Cinderella At The Ball Wells, Robin 1999
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That's one reason 1 nient and let him go with just a fine.
Blood Test Kellerman, Jonathan 1986
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It was, they argued, just more conve - nient for the mind to use the global ideas of magic as the tokens to manipulate this new environment.
True Names Vinge, Vernor 1984
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'I said, Lord Mayfield, that the facts were all very conve-nient
Hercule Poirot's Casebook Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1984
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Then, descending to lesser things, the proclamation goes on to forbid the street-boys of London to play at hide-and-seek in the palace, or to perform tricks on the passers-by, such as "to twitch off their hoods" for instance, which the proclamation in parliamentary style terms improper games, "jues nient covenables."
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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During the next hour he gave us a long and exhaustive exposition of the changes wrought by _ces messieurs qui nient le bon Dieu.
In and out of Three Normady Inns Anna Bowman Dodd
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Apprends, enfant fidèle, ma tendresse pour ceux qui doutent ou qui nient.
The Adventure of Living Strachey, John St Loe 1922
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Ils nient l'image grotesque ou abominable que l'on a mise en ma place.
The Adventure of Living Strachey, John St Loe 1922
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