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The Well-Meaner assiduously endeavoured to foil these intents, and received the scant amount of encouragement which falls to well-meaning interference in real life; the Certified Poisonmonger presided over three tin pails of liquids, labelled respectively, "Lingering,"
A College Girl George de Horne Vaizey 1887
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Lingering affection for a lost lover | δΈθ« What Japan Thinks
Almost seven in ten Japanese users have had broken phones 2009
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In my painting, The Language of Long Lingering Looks, I am like a wildlife photographer crouching in the reads of a watering hole in Africa catching the twitches of nervous gazelle.
Amy Bernays: Our Ambassadors to the Future Amy Bernays 2011
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In my painting, The Language of Long Lingering Looks, I am like a wildlife photographer crouching in the reads of a watering hole in Africa catching the twitches of nervous gazelle.
Amy Bernays: Our Ambassadors to the Future Amy Bernays 2011
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In my painting, The Language of Long Lingering Looks, I am like a wildlife photographer crouching in the reads of a watering hole in Africa catching the twitches of nervous gazelle.
Amy Bernays: Our Ambassadors to the Future Amy Bernays 2011
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Lingering for a moment in the spot I had so often stood during those first weeks of my internship, I feel again like a wave of nostalgia the certainty that Connor would die.
Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011
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Florence TimesDaily β Lingering bills raise potential for misconduct
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Lingering consequences An estimated 45,000 people died on the day of the Hiroshima explosion.
Hiroshima Expresses Anger, Fear Over Nuclear Plant Crisis 2011
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Lingering energy in the upper levels of the atmosphere may mean an increase in afternoon clouds, which might even manage to squeeze out a few sprinkles.
Forecast: Cool and blustery, but increasing sun Camden Walker 2010
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Lingering consequences An estimated 45,000 people died on the day of the Hiroshima explosion.
Hiroshima Expresses Anger, Fear Over Nuclear Plant Crisis 2011
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