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verbabduct; take by force

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While many are looking at the Core Web Vitals as a big hoop to jump through to please the search powers that be, others are seeing — and seizing — the opportunities that come along with this change.

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So if you’re open to even the slimmest justification for granting blanket forgiveness and starting over, there it is for the seizing.

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The federal government can also extend that seizing power to oil and gas companies that provide energy services, or ones that merely float a plan someday to do so, so long as they also pay.

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She is skilful in seizing salient characteristics, and her chief aim is to preserve the individuality of her sitters and models.

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It is not surprising after this to learn that some children are slow in seizing the representative character of acting.

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Hilda reached to take the offered telegram, but her hand wavered around it instead of seizing it.

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The active Capt descended, and seizing the substantial handle rang loudly.

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He was a man of gigantic muscle, and seizing the arm of Louis, called aloud to bar the egress.

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Thereupon a dispute arose, and the Savages, seizing their bows and arrows, wanted to take away the 151 corpse.

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Battle of Shipton moor; prince Henry dispersed the 8,000 insurgents under Scroop, by seizing the persons of their leaders.

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