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Subscription link WGBH People & Places WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show: Please Explain From WNYC, New York Public Radio, Please Explain is where Leonard Lopate and a guest get to the bottom of one complex issue.
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She then goes on to "Explain" things by simply doing a line-item reading of my bill, as though by simply regurgitating the information we both have in front of us it would offer some sort of explanation e.g.
Time Warner Cable Misbills Even Own Company's Employees - The Consumerist 2007
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"Explain," she said, her glasses glinting ominously.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Rowling, J. K. 1999
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"Explain," demands the slim young man with the sunlike eyes and white hair.
The Magic Engineer Modesitt, L. E. 1994
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"Explain," demanded the sub-commander, her voice as hard and authoritative as I had ever heard it.
The Magic of Recluce Modesitt, L. E. 1991
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"Explain," Worsel said, not concealing his skepticism.
The Dragon Lensman Kyle, David, 1919- 1981
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"Explain," she urged, for there were no guns to be aimed at bodies, and she turned to another kind of warfare.
The Voyage Out 1915
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"Explain," she urged, for there were no guns to be aimed at bodies, and she turned to another kind of warfare.
The Voyage Out Virginia Woolf 1911
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"Explain," repeated Mr. Bamberger, looking intently at his part.
Sister Carrie: a Novel Theodore Dreiser 1908
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"Explain," said Mr. Bamberger, giving a modified imitation.
Sister Carrie: a Novel Theodore Dreiser 1908
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