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Most of the Athenians, deeply impressed by this occurrence, now urged the generals to wait; and Nicias, who was somewhat overaddicted to divination and practices of that kind, refused from that moment even to take the question of departure into consideration, until they had waited the thrice nine days prescribed by the soothsayers.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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Most of the Athenians, deeply impressed by this occurrence, now urged the generals to wait; and Nicias, who was somewhat overaddicted to divination and practices of that kind, refused from that moment even to take the question of departure into consideration, until they had waited the thrice nine days prescribed by the soothsayers.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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The first was that people hipped on sports can get overaddicted to victory.
The White Man Unburdened Mailer, Norman 2003
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