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hail from

verb as in originate

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The 150 passengers hail from a wide-range of countries, including Turkey whose foreign ministry called the intervention "a grave violation of international law" and "an act of piracy".

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Artists hail from various ethnic groups and Nigeria's huge diaspora gets a look-in as well.

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The band, whose members hail from Cardiff, Bethesda and Bangor, have not performed together since December 2016.

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The Allan family hail from Scotland but were brought up in Stroud in Gloucestershire, where Nicholas Allan has run a cafe for more than 20 years.

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They hail from Moreno Valley, went to the same high school together and created the group because of their shared love of the genre.

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

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