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Both girls had "deeply troubled home lives" and were plied with drugs, alcohol and cigarettes and given places to stay by the men, the court was told.

From BBC

The football team that today plies its trade in Anaheim Stadium is known as the Los Angeles Rams.

Like any young boxer, he would ply his trade in smoky social clubs and was soon standing out as something special.

From BBC

This system, the group says, also obscures the identity of the real owner, which helps dubious owners ply ships.

From BBC

“The Gilded Age” has always plied high-toned melodrama as its chief asset, but Season 3 ripens the starched formality of previous episodes into succulence.

From Salon

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

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