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For much of this full-day session Ms Sturgeon was on sure ground, defending her pandemic approach.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2024

The author is on less sure ground when he discusses Lincoln’s reaction to the murder of Elijah Lovejoy, the abolitionist editor killed while defending his printing press from a mob in 1837.

From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2017

Apple is on less sure ground when it argues, as Olson did, that the government can't make it "re-create code" or "change the iPhone."

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2016

Ms. Larson is on sure ground discussing Cage’s aesthetic world, particularly his connection with New York visual artists from the ’40s and ’50s.

From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2012

Still more, they must have knowledge, a sure ground to stand upon.

From Euthenics, the science of controllable environment a plea for better living conditions as a first step toward higher human efficiency by Richards, Ellen H.




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