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  • I hate sticky cats too, and my husband abhores kitchen mess!

    » Crafting my Christmas Strocel.com 2009

  • They wanted someone else who believes that 24 is a reality show and who thinks torture is a good thing, so obama ignored them, went behind their backs to make sure that he could get confirmation of someone who abhores torture and war crimes to clean up the cia first.

    Feinstein's Aboard For Panetta 2009

  • Nature, however, abhores a vacuum and the newspapers are now reporting Lord Mandelson may be up for the job.

    No Brits likely in top EU jobs 2009

  • Nature, however, abhores a vacuum and the newspapers are now reporting Lord Mandelson may be up for the job.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

  • Just like nature abhores a vacuum, business will grow to fill an empty network.

    Small Network Needs William "Papa" Meloney 2006

  • Just like nature abhores a vacuum, business will grow to fill an empty network.

    Archive 2006-09-17 William "Papa" Meloney 2006

  • And if you continue to use profane language, which your chat buddy Sharon Cox abhores when it suits her e.g. 286 vs 295 , I will report you to the moderators.

    Think Progress » Rice Was Against Iraq Group Before She Was For It 2006

  • He is actually agitating for the passage of a law which is an incomprehensible mess and which only an outraged public has read and clearly abhores.

    Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post 2009

  • Recently, my good friend John Yowens from out Kansas way, who absolutely abhores AOL, sent me a copy of an article from "Focus" Magazine in which the AOL Customer Service has been rated #1 out of the 10 worst Customer Services ever!

    The Cook Shack--Gab & Grub 2009

  • Remember this basic factual principle of all things ... nature abhores a vacuum.

    CTV News RSS Feed 2008

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