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adverb as in near

preposition as in next to

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But Netanyahu also threatened that “Israel will finish the job by itself” if Hamas rejects the plan, or if it accepts it but then backtracks.

He was asked if his decision would be influenced by a chance to play with Doncic.

The firm hadn't been hit by the bug, he says.

From BBC

He was able to bypass the safety measures which were already in place by saying that the details were for a story he was writing.

Still, Schumer began gauging his caucus Monday afternoon on the prospects of a continuing resolution that would in effect delay a shutdown by a week, briefly extending government funding in order to continue negotiations.

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

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