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The Midland, Mich., chemicals company is locked in litigation with the once-object of its affections,
Dow Chemical's 2009
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The Midland, Mich., chemicals company is locked in litigation with the former object of its affections,
Uncertain defense 2009
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You have every body dearest to you always at hand, I, probably, never shall again; and therefore till I have outlived all my affections,
Emma Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 2001
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Deserted, as he imagines, by the object of his dearest affections,
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Alike powerful to kindle the imagination, touch the affections,
Speeches from the Dock, Part I Various
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Having made the necessary inquiries respecting these two affections,
An Essay on the Shaking Palsy James Parkinson
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Having thus received a sad jolt through the medium of his affections,
Burned Bridges Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926
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CUSINS [grinning] I may not be able to control my affections,
Major Barbara George Bernard Shaw 1903
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Which proves where the seat is of men's best affections,
Nothing to Eat Horatio Alger 1865
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God's words are truths embodying divine affections,
The Rev. J. W. Loguen, as a Slave and as a Freeman. A Narrative of Real Life. Jermain Wesley 1859
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