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lines

noun as in contour

noun as in lyrics

noun as in script

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The footnotes lay bare parties' red lines around the term "gender" -- some longstanding, others part of a rising right-wing tide opposed to so-called "wokeism."

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Currently, Target fulfills most of its online orders at stores—a tactic that some analysts argue has contributed to in-store inventory shortages, long checkout lines, and messier stores.

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Then again, Democrats are famous for having red lines — and for allowing Republicans to breach them, time and again, with little to no consequence.

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“There’s only maybe three lines about Fred in ‘Just Kids,’” she says.

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"When we do our measuring in terms of lines and lengths he is always at the top of our lists," Rogers says.

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

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