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  • 1prisoner — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ virtual ▪ Without a wheelchair, she is a virtual prisoner in her own home. ▪ political ▪ life (esp. BrE), long term (BrE) ▪ …

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  • 2virtual — [[t]vɜ͟ː(r)tʃuəl[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n You can use virtual to indicate that something is so nearly true that for most purposes it can be regarded as true. Argentina came to a virtual standstill while the game was being played... He claimed to be a… …

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  • 3virtual — adjective 1 virtual peace/darkness/destruction etc something that is so nearly complete peace etc that any difference is unimportant: We have achieved virtual perfection in sound reproduction. | be a virtual certainty/impossibility etc (=be… …

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  • 4virtual — adj. Virtual is used with these nouns: ↑absence, ↑anarchy, ↑certainty, ↑collapse, ↑community, ↑disappearance, ↑exclusion, ↑exhibit, ↑exhibition, ↑extinction, ↑gallery, ↑ …

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  • 5The Prisoner — For other uses, see Prisoner (disambiguation). The Prisoner The Prisoner intertitle Format Spy fiction, Science fiction, Allegory Created by …

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  • 6Israeli prisoner exchanges — Over the last 30 years, Israel has released about 7,000 prisoners to secure freedom for 19 Israelis and to retrieve the bodies of eight others. A number of diplomatic efforts have been made to secure the release of Israeli IDF personnel following …

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  • 7Mairead Maguire — Mairead Maguire[1][2] Mairead Maguire, July 2009 Born …

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  • 8Mary Astor — from the trailer for The Great Lie (1941) Born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke May 3, 1906(1906 05 03) Quincy …

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  • 9Pius IX — (Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti) 1792 1878, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1846 78. * * * orig. Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti born May 13, 1792, Senigallia, Papal States died Feb. 7, 1878, Rome Pope (1846–78). He became an archbishop in 1827, a… …

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  • 10Spanish Constitution of 1812 — Plaza de España in Cadiz, commemorating the Spanish Constitution of 1812. The Spanish Constitution of 1812 was promulgated 19 March 1812 by the Cádiz Cortes, the national legislative assembly (Cortes Generales General Courts ) of Spain, while in… …

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