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Friendship is the trump card in the movement for equality, not etiology.

Of course, the biggest trump card of all is Singh and Patel.

In “Starkville City Jail,” he made fun of an overly aggressive police force, but “San Quentin” was his trump card.

It would give Israeli leaders a trump card against internal demands for greater Palestinian rights and equality.

Sanctions against Burma may remain in place for some time, since they are the trump card to push for further reforms.

Suddenly, as the Count dealt a king as trump card, he sprang to his feet knocking over the chair behind him.

He produced it with gentle ostentation, as one would a trump card.

In stock we had one trump card, and only one, and we played it many a time during that somewhat crowded day.

The story of that Limfjord charter was her trump card, and never failed to quell Soren's faint attempts at retort.

Stillness, absolute immobility, was the trump-card to be always played in the wilderness when in doubt.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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