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1 In the first place, to encumber the street ; next, in order that it might finish the process of rusting.
2 This would be far better in my judgment, since it has the square in front, and would not encumber the street .
3 The heaps of bricks and stones encumbered the streets so that it was hard to pick our way through.
4 No reason was assigned; their object was probably to avoid adding to the crowd that encumbered the streets of the city.
5 Sleighs of all sizes were ploughing their way hither and thither, breaking out a track in the heavy mass that encumbered the streets .
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