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There was a lot of talk in Maori, during which the girl and her aunt shuffled and swung round at the back of each other, and each talked over her shoulder, and laughed foolishly and awkwardly once or twice; but in the end the girl was sullenly determined not to return home, so it was decided that she should stay.

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  1. preposition Throughout the course or duration of: suffered food shortages during the war.
  2. preposition At some time in: was born during a blizzard.

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  • Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said "May TRT 6 be beneficial" in Kurdish during a news conference yesterday upon his return from a tour of the Middle East. —  TODAY'S ZAMAN :: News
  • The juror gave one-word answers in English during jury selection, but when seated on the jury, he said he didn't know English, Brazoria County District Attorney Jeri Yenne said. —  The Facts: News
  • In response, Guyana's Ambassador to Venezuela Odeen Ishmael said he appreciated their recognition of the revolutionary role Jagan played in Guyana gaining independence and her active solidarity with Latin American during their own struggles for democracy. —  Stabroek News
  • The term was first used in English during the Boer War of 1899. —  Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • He eventually bought the business and licensed the new name during the presidential campaign just in case President-elect Barack Obama won. —  Chicago news, weather, traffic - CBS 2 - WBBM
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  1. Middle English, from present participle of duren, to last, from Old French durer, from Latin dūrāre; see deuə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English during; verbal noun of dure, v.
  2. from Middle English during, present participle of duren, last: see dure, v.
  3. from Middle English duringe, preposition, properly present participle of dure, last (see during, p. a.), like Old French and F. durant = Provencal duran, durant = Spanish Portuguese Italian durante, from Latin durante, ablative agreeing with the substantive, as in durante vitā, during life, literally life lasting, where durante is the present participle used in agreement with the noun vita (English life), used absolutely: durante, ablative of duran (t-)s, present participle of durare, last: see dure, v.
 

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