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On Wednesday, upside bets were back in vogue with call options outnumbering puts by a ratio of 1.3-to-1.

From Reuters • Nov. 10, 2021

He says, parenthetically, "since none puts by the curtain I have drawn for you, but I."

From An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry by Corson, Hiram

She seemed to have put Racicot behind her as one puts by an old garment.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

Comus appears with his rabble, and the Lady set in an inchanted Chair, to whom he offers his Glass, which she puts by, and goes about to rise.

From The Poetical Works of John Milton by Milton, John

This done, he returns to his store, puts by the papers he has not sold, takes a basket, fills it with apples, oranges, and bananas, and starts again.

From Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society by Allyn, Jack



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