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Karen's body was kept in a cupboard for four days before they returned to bury her - which was the timeframe in which flies were able to lay their eggs.

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Before too long, players started dropping like flies.

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Its drill sergeants are on Cam and the rest of his new platoon like flies on dung from the moment they wake until they go to sleep.

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Airbus says its aim is to reduce fatigue by building cockpit features that would allow pilots to rest while one of them flies during certain phases of cruise, the high-altitude portion of flight.

Related: ‘This flies in the face of my morals and ethics’: My father cut my sisters out of his six-figure estate.

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