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  • Distantly related to bank on the Indo-European language tree is the Hindi bhang sometimes spelled bang, meaning “dried leaves and stalks of hemp,” as in marijuana.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Distantly related to bank on the Indo-European language tree is the Hindi bhang sometimes spelled bang, meaning “dried leaves and stalks of hemp,” as in marijuana.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Distantly related to the Crosse & Blackwell of soup fame, Chris grew up in Jamaica; after leaving Harrow, he dabbled in accountancy and property before finding success as a music business entrepreneur by scoring his first Number 1 record in Jamaica with 'Little Sheila' by Laurel Aitken in 1960.

    Chris Blackwell: The man who discovered the Spencer Davis Group 2009

  • Distantly, I heard shouting and—more bewildering still—singing.

    Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010

  • Distantly, I see my mother's face like peach jello through the surface of the water.

    The Stay Apparatus 2010

  • Distantly, I heard shouting and—more bewildering still—singing.

    Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010

  • Distantly, she could hear sneakers and basketballs squeaking.

    Loser/Queen Jodi Lynn Anderson 2010

  • Distantly, I heard shouting and—more bewildering still—singing.

    Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010

  • Distantly, I heard shouting and—more bewildering still—singing.

    Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010

  • Distantly, she wondered if Magnusson had known this bliss when he fell in the field at the bottom of the caldera.

    Dark Oracle Alayna Williams 2010

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