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going on

adjective as in afoot

adjective as in serial

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"The current trajectory is very difficult to believe. There has certainly been a lot of bragging going on. But investment has to deliver a return or the market will correct itself."

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The cubs would likely have stayed with her for a few more months, learning how to hunt and navigate, before going on to live independently, according to Fernando Nájera, director of the program.

She met her husband Norman at a dinner party in the UK in 1931, with the pair going on to raise two daughters.

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“Sybil Brand has been incredibly effective in shining a really harsh spotlight on some terrible things going on in the jails,” he said.

"I don't need to have that background noise going on… If my kid comes home with the wrong jumper I don't need to tell 35 people."

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

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