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  • 21Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love — Cover to Cinderella From Fabletown With Love #1. Art by Chrissie Zullo. Publication information …

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  • 22List of people from Newton, Massachusetts — Newton, Massachusetts has been the home of many notable people. Academics Contents 1 Academics 2 Actors and actresses 3 …

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  • 23People from Newton, Massachusetts — Newton, Massachusetts has been the home of many notable people. Academics *David Berson, neurobiologist, professor at Brown University *J. Walter Fewkes, ethnologist and archaeologist *Stanley Fischer, governor of the Bank of Israel and former… …

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  • 24Mooring (watercraft) — A dockworker places a mooring line on a bollard. A vessel is said to be moored when it is fastened to a fixed object such as a bollard, pier, quay or the seabed, or to a floating object such as an anchor buoy. Mooring is often accomplished using… …

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  • 25scotch — scotch1 verb 1》 decisively put an end to. 2》 archaic injure and render harmless. 3》 wedge or prevent from moving with a wedge. noun archaic a wedge placed under a rolling object to prevent it slipping. Origin C17 (asnoun): of unknown origin; perh …

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  • 26snow in — verb To prevent from moving (from a building, in a city, etc) by a large snowfall. Syn: snow over, snow up …

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  • 27cumbersome — cum|ber|some [ˈkʌmbəsəm US bər ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: cumber to prevent from moving freely, load (14 20 centuries) (from encumber) + some] 1.) a process or system that is cumbersome is slow and difficult ▪ Doctors are complaining that… …

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  • 28pester — pes|ter [ˈpestə US ər] v [I and T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Old French; Origin: empestrer to prevent from moving properly , from Vulgar Latin pastoria something that ties animals legs together ; influenced by pest] to annoy someone, especially by… …

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  • 29immobilise — verb 1. hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital • Syn: ↑immobilize • Hypernyms: ↑withhold, ↑keep back • Verb Frames: Somebody s something 2. to hold fast or prevent from moving …

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  • 30immobilize — or immobilise verb prevent from moving or operating as normal. Derivatives immobilization noun immobilizer noun …

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