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Well, a unifying moment is the right to put it, with the emphasis on the word moment.
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Well, a unifying moment is the right to put it, with the emphasis on the word moment.
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Hopefully “eco-bling” becomes a staple in slanguage and does experience a one-hit wonder word moment.
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He stood in his front garden today, recalling the moment.
Cumbria shootings: The 44-mile drive which became a journey to depravity 2010
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(I'm tearing up as I write this and recall the moment.)
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Nothing that I can see in my mind's eye when I recall the moment.
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DE LA CRUZ: This was not an audition; this was probably best described as a moment.
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As she sat at the Mercer Hotel, Ms. Chantecaille demurely recalled the moment.
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Unaccustomed to have his will thwarted, and urgent where he saw the thing to do so clearly, the young husband had spoken strong words: and she, who knew that she would have given her life by inches for him; who knew that she was playing a part for his happiness, and hiding for his sake the nature that was worthy his esteem; the poor little martyr had been weak a moment.
Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 5 George Meredith 1868
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Unaccustomed to have his will thwarted, and urgent where he saw the thing to do so clearly, the young husband had spoken strong words: and she, who knew that she would have given her life by inches for him; who knew that she was playing a part for his happiness, and hiding for his sake the nature that was worthy his esteem; the poor little martyr had been weak a moment.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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