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I can't remember panicking members of the public running screaming from us to lock them selves in their houses nor the A&E wards of local hospitals over-flowing with stabbing victims.
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But breakfast is worth it: served in a ballroom, it's as lavish as you'd hope, with an over-flowing basket of fresh pastries, freshly-squeezed juices, those little French glass-potted yogurts and an omelette so huge I had no room whatsoever for lunch.
Louise Roe: Playing Princess In Paris: My 24 Hours At The Plaza Athenee Louise Roe 2012
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There has been wars, disease, polution, nuclear testing, over-flowing landfills, forests being cleared for building construction and faster travle routes, the list could go on and on.
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I can't remember panicking members of the public running screaming from us to lock them selves in their houses nor the A&E wards of local hospitals over-flowing with stabbing victims.
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An old soda bottle, several beer cans, an ancient Chinese-food carton, charred reefer seeds, and an over-flowing ashtray littered his makeshift weed-prep area.
Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011
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There has been wars, disease, polution, nuclear testing, over-flowing landfills, forests being cleared for building construction and faster travle routes, the list could go on and on.
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So we're staying in today and finally making some inroads into our over-flowing freezer.
Still Writing deliasherman 2010
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While others would've buckled under the over-flowing plate he was served January 20th, this man has risen to the challenge like no other man - Black or White - I can think of.
Obama bemoans 'the bubble,' extols having a 'home office' 2009
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So we're staying in today and finally making some inroads into our over-flowing freezer.
Still Writing deliasherman 2010
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An old soda bottle, several beer cans, an ancient Chinese-food carton, charred reefer seeds, and an over-flowing ashtray littered his makeshift weed-prep area.
Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011
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