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passing

noun as in death

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When astronomers detect an object passing extremely close to Earth, even one just a few meters wide, they can test their detection systems and improve prediction models.

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These toxic chemicals are present in today’s modern synthetic jet engine oils and are passing into the aircraft cabin/cockpit unfiltered, affecting the air that crew and passengers breathe in.

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Dart didn’t post gaudy numbers with just 111 passing yards, and he showed plenty of room for growth by taking five sacks.

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And while Hurts finished the game with 280 passing yards, his highest total of the season, the offensive imbalance has tilted steeply in the opposite direction of past weeks.

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“I haven’t been in, man,” he says to a passing surfer.

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