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Examples
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He stood to meet it, his eyes shining, his arms opened wide in welcome.
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Nor did all the world vanish, and everything blot out, and leave only Hester standing there, lips curved and arms outstretched in welcome.
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He sank easily to his knees by her side, kissing her softly on the cheek in welcome.
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Doric's message had been received with joy, and when the sisters arrived with their guest the palace doors stood wide open, and dark blue carpets, with golden crowns woven upon them, had been spread along the marble terraces, blood-red roses had been strewn all the way, and beneath the golden porch stood the King and Queen with their crowns upon their heads, and kind hands outstretched in welcome.
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There was more besides Howard he wanted, but when at last the young man came into the room, his eyes shone with a look of pleased recognition, and he tried to speak a welcome.
The Cromptons Mary Jane Holmes 1866
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More welcome news came in the shape of the public finances -- if a record level of annual peacetime borrowing can be called welcome.
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Last week, Jeffrey Bader, the director for East Asia at the National Security Council, told an audience in Washington that Hatoyama's review of the alliance is "welcome."
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If you drive around a car, you'll see on the posters that Mr. Obama's face is on, there's a word written, which means "welcome."
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The event was not billed as a fund raiser, but, according to a release, donations were "welcome."
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When subscribers to America Online enter one of the service's forums, their computer names appear at the top of the screen as a kind of welcome.
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