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But I don’t because now he’s tearing up.

"Our focus is on economic stability, fiscal responsibility, ripping up needless red tape, tearing out waste from our public services, driving forward reforms, and putting more money in working people's pockets," he added.

From BBC

“This is unacceptable — we all have a responsibility to stand up and work to defeat the political violence that is tearing through our country.”

From Salon

Both of his parents died while Eagle was locked up, and he can’t even mention their names without tearing up to this day.

When Winslet allows the dam surrounding Mare’s despair to crack a little, frosting the blank spaces between lines of dialogue with pure aching emotion, tearing your eyes away is impossible.

From Salon

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

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