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As Labour's campaign director, Mr McSweeney was tasked with devising the party's strategy for last July's general election.

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With the full knowledge and support of the president, CIA planners and gadget-makers began devising plots to humiliate the Cuban leader.

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Godard can barely be dragged to the set sometimes, seemingly more interested in hanging out at a café, playing pinball, and devising abstract theories about how to undermine and revolutionize traditional cinema.

By the time Ohtani walked into the interview room at Dodger Stadium after his team’s 6-2 defeat in Game 4 of the World Series, however, he was already devising his redemption.

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This year’s ballot measure would explicitly bar future legislatures from devising sneaky ways to get at capital gains.

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

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