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Within view from where we enjoy a buttered baguette and sip our café au lait, the cathedral’s twin towers rise above the tiled roofs, and just beside us, tucked behind faded red shutters, is the ghost of the Hotel Panier Fleuri, where Jake stayed en route to Pamplona.

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While many Ugandans had not heard of Zohran until his election, a student at the university said people were "very happy", saying it proved that anyone could rise above their background.

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Reid says he would be concerned if weekly claims rise above 275,000.

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Davis has written to spending watchdog the National Audit Office calling for an "urgent" investigation into the cost of One Login, which he says is certain to rise above the £305m already earmarked for it.

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Downtown, where bluffs rise above the serpentine Mississippi River, George Campbell was walking his goldendoodle, Zac, when he spotted a group of National Guard soldiers in fatigues, handguns holstered at their hips.

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

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