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"It is not standard practice to turn up on someone’s doorstep when there is such a minor charge," Pearson told the BBC on Friday.

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As the computer equipment was in the hands of the security forces, suspicion has fallen on someone there, who, perhaps, sought to trash Mr Engonga’s reputation ahead of a trial.

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She says the idea that this could be forced on someone now with Roe v Wade being overturned was hard to wrap her brain around.

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Your joy is predicated on someone else’s pain.

But then the second one left and we found ourselves making dinner reservations and kind of excited about the whole thing, like I thought to myself, I can do what I want when I want and I can actually enjoy things once in a while, without being on someone else’s schedule.

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

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