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The lens is also being designed to show strong dehydration resistance with fast rehydration and high hydrophilicity - for comfortable and healthy long-term wear.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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They may have given you the higher power which is perfect for your clear visions but are uncomfortable for long term wear.
WordPress.com News 2009
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However, podiatrist Linda Hawkins, of Lee, South London, said: Sheepskin boots, like other footwear without heel and sole support, are only suitable for short-term wear.
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"Mr Pond," said Mr Farmer to the lieutenant of the watch (a diminutive and peppery little man, with a squeaking voice, and remarkable for nothing else excepting having a large wife and a large family, whom he was impatient to see), "wear."
Rattlin the Reefer Edward Howard 1820
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Tom Sorg’s idea about using it to braid vegetable matter or hide might create that kind of wear.
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Tom Sorg’s idea about using it to braid vegetable matter or hide might create that kind of wear.
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"A week or so ago we distributed one hundred and ten strips of sensitive film, in light-tight packages, for friends of the members to 'wear.'
The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal Hereward Carrington 1919
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Not crazy about the womb Natalie Portman's baby chose to wear. - late-night host Conan O'Brien
The Seattle Times 2011
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Not crazy about the womb Natalie Portman's baby chose to wear. - late-night host Conan O'Brien
The Seattle Times 2011
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We often inquire, “What percentage to wear.” of the clothes in your closet do you actually wear?”
“I Don’t Have a Thing to Wear” Judie Taggart 2003
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