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Ms Alvarez said she would "never intentionally" leave rubbish out in the open.

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Boys’ rules of those times: Conflicts were out in the open.

Some had their own trucks and sheltered in the cabs of them; others sat out in the open, like ducks.

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Although ICE is conducting itself out in the open, even inviting conservative social media influencers to accompany its agents on high-profile raids, the agency operates in darkness.

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Together, they start to embrace their more ruthless tendencies out in the open, and when given the choice to return to their original world, they opt to stay as citizens of Borderland, where they can presumably have fun running sadistic games.

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

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