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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
repatriate .
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Examples
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The empty shell casing from a round fired over Michael's body before it was repatriated is positioned close by.
'My son was shot by a British sniper, now all I want is the truth' Jamie Doward 2010
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Tuoi stated that he knew that after the agreements made in Paris in 1973, no remains had been repatriated from the south.
I80002.OH 07/14/96 1996
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But, on Jan. 28, 1973, nearly five years after he supposedly was buried, Ridgeway was repatriated from a North Vietnamese prisoner of war camp.
Parrish, Frank C. 1990
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But, on Jan. 28, 1973, nearly five years after he supposedly was buried, Ridgeway was repatriated from a North Vietnamese prisoner of war camp.
Fitts, Richard A. 1990
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The Parti Qu6becois is only the most extreme of those who try to entrance provincial electorates with false promises that somehow can only be realized once jurisdiction has been repatriated from the feds!
Senate Reform 1983
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"Previously, the workers would be 'repatriated' - as the employers like to call it - strictly at the employer's whim," says Limpright.
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What to do with detainees who can’t be tried or repatriated is still under consideration.
Live Blogging Holder’s Confirmation Hearing - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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What to do with detainees who can’t be tried or repatriated is still under consideration.
Live Blogging Holder’s Confirmation Hearing - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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The former communists dubbed the repatriated Afghan as Pakistani agents and Taliban supporters.
Afghan refugees fear revenge from former rivals upon return 2007
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Typically, when earnings are returned to the U.S.-or "repatriated"-they are taxed at the 35 percent corporate rate, with credits for foreign income taxes paid.
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