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ground

noun as in earth, land

verb as in restrict; drop in place

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Children are placed in a room with only four beds, forcing some to sleep on thin mattresses on the ground.

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There a medieval caste system has bred, not surprisingly, rebellion and the suspicion that all is not what it seems above ground.

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There are about 38 species of wolf spiders in the UK, named for their agile hunting skills, as they chase their prey along the ground and pounce on them.

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To add insult, in the bottom of the seventh, Edman ruined a rally for the second time in the game by grounding into a double play.

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One example of how the ground might be shifting: Fed governor Christopher Waller, who had been among the leading advocates for cuts this summer, recently signaled more caution.

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

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