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Growing up, my house backed up to a park with a teeter-totter, the kind that was little more than a steel pipe with two wooden boards as seats.
From Los Angeles Times
After his first German asylum claim was rejected, a lawyer told Sodais he needed more evidence to back up his claims of working for the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times
This time, though, trading down calls for BYO sauce to pick things back up.
The letter cited a long line of Biblical references to back up the appeal.
From Salon
Complaints from commentators and pundits that England have frequently bowled too short are backed up by comparing the sides' accuracy on hitting a good length - defined as 5-7m from the stumps.
From BBC
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