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Examples

  • In the video, which was uploaded to YouTube with the title "Receiving Instructions at the United States Embassy," people accost the opposition leaders on the sidewalk and ask: "Why did you come to the embassy today?

    NYT > Global Home By ELLEN BARRY 2012

  • Receiving from the wondering Doctor no answer, he good humouredly added,

    Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth 1796

  • A banner at the transition ceremony read in Arabic, "Receiving the security of the Green Zone is a major step toward full independence and the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country."

    BeThink - Front Page Guest Author 2009

  • From the department called Receiving and Release I was marched in shackles and leg irons to the hospital for a physical examination.

    Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

  • From the department called Receiving and Release I was marched in shackles and leg irons to the hospital for a physical examination.

    Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

  • From the department called Receiving and Release I was marched in shackles and leg irons to the hospital for a physical examination.

    Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

  • From the department called Receiving and Release I was marched in shackles and leg irons to the hospital for a physical examination.

    Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

  • We think that the first word is more likely Grinning -- as the editors of the letters have it -- than "Receiving" (1989).

    Annotations 1997

  • M. O'Neill, when transcribing the MS for MYR: Shelley, VIII, was dubious about the reading but left "Receiving" in the text, while discussing his doubts in a note. line 16.

    Annotations 1997

  • We think that the first word is more likely Grinning -- as the editors of the letters have it -- than "Receiving"

    Annotations 1997

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