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fed

adjective as in full

noun as in police

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Ordinary soldiers are poorly fed, and there is little in the way of logistics to provide the provisions for deployed units, said Edward Rodriguez, a former colonel now exiled in the U.S.

In closing remarks Thursday, plaintiffs' attorney David DiCello said the proceedings had "revealed the secret that an international bank, BNP Paribas, has rescued, shielded, fed and illegally supported the economy of a dictator."

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And then Mr. Mamdani tells us that, in Kampala, “Zohran settled down with the study of issues such as ‘zero grazing,’” a type of farming in which cattle are fed with cut grass.

"Even the alternatives that people clung to for survival have disappeared," it said, referring to "ambaz", a residue of peanuts after oil has been extracted, which is normally fed to animals.

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"I know it's immoral and illegal to employ a child, but at least he has a roof and is well fed here," he said.

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

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