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And don't expect to see him in the background in the King's Christmas message, any sightings will have been edited out.

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Porter said to the young woman after she came into view in the background of the video conference.

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The Palestinian group also appointed five new governors all with military backgrounds, some of whom previously commanded brigades in its armed wing.

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I have remote colleagues I have never met, but we have bonded by exchanging stories about the dogs who appear in the background of our video calls.

“La Niña is occurring against a background of very warm global oceans and that’s making La Niña behave like it’s stronger than it looks,” Becker said.

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

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