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  • From death to dying to wishing you were dead, comes big Vince aka veni vidi vince.

    doggdot.us 2009

  • Take the famous Latin phrase veni, vidi, vici, which means "I came, I saw, I conquered."

    Mattress Police 2008

  • Phil at veni vidi. blogspot has an opinion on this too. he worked The 4 Tops into it somehow.

    Kerry was wrong Another Outspoken Female 2009

  • Firefighters are usually the bold "veni, vidi, vici" sort, but those from neighboring South Fulton could only say "veni, vidi."

    Firefighters Watch As Home Burns: Gene Cranick's House Destroyed In Tennessee Over $75 Fee (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Foarte tare … asta da fotoliu … ar veni perfect in gameingroom-ul meu.

    Oversized Armchair – Eleva 2010

  • Surely the most famous sentence in Latin is either "veni, vidi, vici" or maybe "alea jacta est" - or perhaps "et tu, Brute?"

    And now for something completely different DC 2010

  • Excita, quæsumus, Domine potentiam tuam et veni: ut ab imminentibus peccatorum nostrorum periculis, te mereamur protegente eripi, te liberante salvari: Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre in unitate Spiritu Sancti Deus, per ominia sæcula sæculorum.

    29 December -- St Thomas of Canterbury John 2008

  • He then showed his willingness to explore local produce by doing two superlative dishes of veni son and grouse, the former served with autumn leaves, radicchio, cocoa, hazelnut and vanilla, while the latter had a lacquered skin reminiscent of Peking Duck.

    The Rise of Chefs Down Under 2010

  • Father Don lit the first candle circling the Advent wreath, and we sang “Veni, veni, Emmanuel.”

    The Exorsistah: X Returns Claudia Mair Burney 2010

  • Mr. HUNT: Well, in these words, veni dilecte mi: come, my beloved.

    Stile Antico: Young Voices Revive Old Music 2009

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