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Where once the predators would not have dared to hunt, he said that more recently, “orcas came into the lagoon and ate a couple of the babies because there were not enough adult whales to fend them off.”
From Los Angeles Times
But a few spots go further, inviting guests to purchase the sofa they napped on, or coffee table where they ate breakfast.
The headwind with perhaps the most lasting power was margin compression caused by weak consumer demand: many builders offered buyers incentives and discounts to close deals, which ate away at builders’ profit margins.
From Barron's
The headwind with perhaps the most lasting power was margin compression caused by weak consumer demand: many builders offered buyers incentives and discounts to close deals, which ate away at builders’ profit margins.
From Barron's
She grew much of the produce we ate, and our house was covered in ivy and moss.
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