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“That didn’t sit well with many members of Congress,” and “rattled markets a bit,” he said.

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“We want to go home!” the boys wailed, for this idea of their mother abandoning the family to live with Veronika did not sit well with them.

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And speaking of hearts, true and not so true, Admiral Faucet’s lie about being the one to find Bertha did not sit well with Penelope.

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The idea that a Colored woman could in any way be his equal seemed to not sit well with him.

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"But the thing that concerned me most was when after contacting Ofsted they told me that there was an ongoing criminal investigation into its mere existence as a potentially unregistered school. That didn't sit well with me."

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

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