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The team found that its ancient relatives thrived for nearly 25 million years in lowland temperate rainforests, including those that once covered the Riversleigh region between 25 and 12 million years ago.

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His mind had no temperate zone: He was either possessed by a subject or not interested in it at all.

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They liked the area’s temperate climate and, obviously, the cost of living, and they were required to pay into the national insurance program for healthcare.

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Roughly 6 million common dolphins inhabit tropical and temperate waters worldwide, making them the most numerous members of the cetacean family, which includes whales and porpoises.

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House representative from Orange County, said that she was “pushing back on” the reporter’s implication that she needed to be more temperate politically.

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