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He stops outside just short of the door and finishes his cigarette, folding a bandana into a makeshift mask.

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Civilians say the daily strikes force them to spend most of their time underground, in small makeshift bunkers families have dug into their backyards.

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Ali said Charlton instructed him to come to the flat to help bury Karen's body in a makeshift grave in the back garden, right outside the flat's kitchen window.

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On a sunny July day in Simi Valley, Lamb sat in a camping chair outside of their makeshift home while Lichtenberg mixed cups of water with watermelon-flavored electrolyte powder, her favorite.

Some demonstrators brought a makeshift guillotine that generated “significant media coverage,” police noted.

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

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