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Indeed, the infectious enthusiasm of the US tech giants about Britain jarred with the more general air of pessimism floating around the country.

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Bergman’s production, marred by blasts of jarring folk music between scene transitions, is a little too on the nose.

“Also she cursed and I will start a swear jar real fast.”

Stepping back into his own world was bound to feel jarring.

The off-white form of the rustic terracotta jar, shattered over millenniums and fastidiously reassembled, is elegantly decorated in rich brown and black designs, including bursts of rosettes and abstract squiggles.

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

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