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“How much for this one?” he asked as he held the Tom Petty book in his hands, carefully rubbing the cover.

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Lily and Annabel shared their names with Johnson’s biological daughters, while Angelina and Orlando were a nod to the kind of celebrities she sometimes rubbed shoulders with at charity galas.

Tesla needs to repair the damage the brand took from Musk’s foray into politics, which rubbed many electric vehicle buyers the wrong way.

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In one message, she said: "I remember you came to my room before the abduction, rubbed my head and said 'I love you and I will find you'."

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"He did rub people up the wrong way and grabbed a lot of headlines," he adds.

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

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