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The essential thrust of the latest National Competitiveness Council report is clear.
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Pressing his case now thrust the issue into the 2016 presidential campaign.
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That is the fundamental thrust of a new Government report on retirement.
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It is into this tense political situation that Eragon finds himself thrust.
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Dear Jesse, Transforming laws has been a major thrust of feminist work.
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I'd only been poking at it for 15 minutes when Molyneux called.
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I yelled, dropping the lamp and poking him roughly in the ribs.
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CJ had been poking around town, asking questions that shouldn't be asked.
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Maybe Emma was asking too many questions, poking around too many places.
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I would simply have to be very careful in my poking about.
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Women balk, thrusting their children behind them; some try again to escape.
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And alway it did search, thrusting in the eye-stalks among the boulders.
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They were a stupendous coronet thrusting miles deep into the dazzling sky.
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I said goodbye, thrusting out my stiffened arm in a regulation salute.
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He never lifted the door-flap, but thrusting it aside entered slowly in.
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Poppy had started using her pencil to poke holes in her paper.
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Then they can poke out their long, sticky arms and snag food.
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I gave him a fast hard poke that couldn't have felt good.
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I read the letter and poke it into the stove, and proceed.
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Kids at school and opposing sporting teams would 'poke' fun at me.
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Dr Murray said no-one was being forced to have the free jab.
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I actually managed to block Zoya's first jab, but not the second.
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As often transpires in these scenarios, a jab was delivered by reality.
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At the time Drake had fired a jab at him years earlier.
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Cameron heard footsteps shuffle closer, felt a jab in his left shoulder.
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Summer rushed forward, but Meera blocked him, jabbing with the three-pronged spear.
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Beira took the needle back in hand, jabbing it into the cloth.
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Voilà, A can't find us. She started jabbing at the phone's screen.
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Suddenly there was a sharp, jabbing pain and he woke up fully.
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He was hefting his swizzlestick, so I edged out of jabbing range.
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She brandished the rifle, swinging it and jabbing it at the air.
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The soldier swung the rifle back around, jabbing it threateningly at me.
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She considered jabbing one of the tailor's pearl-headed pins through his eye.
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Dougal leapt aside like a bull-fighter, jabbing at it with his spear.
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The woman continues to distract Costello, and starts jabbing at her phone.
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His belt buckle was jabbing his stomach, and he shifted his position.
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Thomas circled the creature, jumping in and back again, poking, jabbing, thrusting.
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Phenom's pacing, making little half jogs, jabbing the air like a boxer.
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I didn't dare; Ala would have assailed me with that jabbing pin.
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He punctuated his accusation by jabbing his finger in Hendel's muscular chest.
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Ezra was shouting, Jean shouting back, jabbing a finger into his chest.
