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loaves and fishes

noun as in manna from heaven

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That should be on the list of fake miracles, right up there with the loaves and fishes.

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They're just way more into decimating Social Security than they are into loaves and fishes.

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The Loaves and Fishes drop-in centre in Salford has seen soaring demand for its meals, showers and laundry facilities in recent months.

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“That might serve to kind of clean the streets and make homelessness less visible, but I don’t think that is actually going to help the folks that are living with being homeless,” said Angela Hassell, executive director of Sacramento Loaves and Fishes.

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He credited her with keeping the family afloat in the lean years by opening a nursery school in their home and then running a food store called Loaves and Fishes in Sagaponack, N.Y., on Long Island.

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