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  • 11exertion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Physical effort Nouns 1. exertion, energy, effort, strain, tug, pull, stretch, struggle, trouble, pains, endeavor, action; work ethic. 2. (physical exercises) a. gymnastics, athletics, acrobatics; ariel …

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  • 12People v. Jackson — Michael Jackson trial redirects here. For the 2011 trial relating to Michael Jackson s death, see Trial of Conrad Murray. A fan showing support for Jackson in 2004, as he becomes the subject of a second set of child sexual abuse accusations… …

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  • 13Derek Raymond — Robert William Arthur Cook (12 June 1931 30 July 1994), better known since the 1980s by his pen name Derek Raymond, was an English crime writer, credited with being the founder of English noir[citation needed]. Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life …

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  • 14Quinn Morgendorffer — Infobox character | name = Quinn Morgendorffer caption = Quinn Morgendorffer, in a scene from Is It Fall Yet? portrayer = Wendy Hoopes (voice) creator = Glenn Eichler gender = Female first = Esteemsters (1997) last = Is It College Yet? (2002) age …

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  • 16misbehave — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. do wrong, do evil, sin, fail, trip, blunder, work iniquity, offend, trespass, act up, carry on, behave badly, misdo, err, lapse, be delinquent, be at fault, be culpable, be blameworthy, be guilty, be censurable, be… …

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  • 17nose — noun 1》 the part projecting above the mouth on the face of a person or animal, containing the nostrils and used in breathing and smelling. 2》 a person s or animal s sense of smell.     ↘the aroma of a particular substance, especially wine.… …

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  • 18bend — v 1. flex, bow, crook, twist, contort; curve, turn, swerve, veer, deviate, divagate, deflect, diverge; circle, coil, curl, spiral, loop; meander, worn, zigzag, wind, wind in and out, sinuate; hook, angle off, shoot off at an angle; arch, vault,… …

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  • 19lie — 1. v. & n. v.intr. (lying; past lay; past part. lain) 1 be in or assume a horizontal position on a supporting surface; be at rest on something. 2 (of a thing) rest flat on a surface (snow lay on the ground). 3 (of abstract things) remain… …

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  • 20Lie — 1. v. & n. v.intr. (lying; past lay; past part. lain) 1 be in or assume a horizontal position on a supporting surface; be at rest on something. 2 (of a thing) rest flat on a surface (snow lay on the ground). 3 (of abstract things) remain… …

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