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Maxwell politely asked her to leave the room, according to another inmate who witnessed the incident.

Yet the ghost of Liz Truss lingers: despite their best efforts to politely disown her, the Conservatives' opponents will probably never lose their appetite for reminding voters of the calamity of her brief premiership.

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There are plenty of apple versions floating around, most of them pleasant, uncomplicated, and politely seasonal.

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Stokes politely declined all interview requests following the game — so it goes being the most-sought-after basketball recruit in the nation.

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The Labour first minister of Wales, Eluned Morgan, has politely declined the King's invitation in order to lead tributes to a deceased political colleague in Cardiff.

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

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