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Admonitions on the dangers of the ANC abusing its majority to stifle and swamp smaller parties were grossly misplaced,
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Admonitions on the dangers of the ANC abusing its majority to stifle and swamp smaller parties were grossly misplaced,
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Even the third time William was induced to trust him; but, alas! his confidence was misplaced,
Life and history of William O'Neal : or, The man who sold his wife, 1896
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And methinks the name thou bearest surely cannot be misplaced,
East and West Poems Bret Harte 1869
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The Golden Fleece -- and round his knee, misplaced,
Queen Mary and Harold Alfred Tennyson Tennyson 1850
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a proof of your good opinion, though ill – timed and misplaced,
Bleak House 2007
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