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1 Now she wanted only a slight shove to be set afloat .
2 All manner of injurious rumors were presently set afloat concerning the Bell patent.
3 Elizabeth was not deceived by the stories set afloat by Spain.
4 The wildest stories were set afloat , which of course lost nothing by repetition.
5 At the same time boats were set afloat , and dozens got ashore in them.
6 The ship was to be set afloat lest the fight should go against us.
7 The piper had to be paid for the great enterprises he had set afloat .
8 This spirit of sly joking fills the place, set afloat by the master himself.
9 Supposing, however, by the subscription of this amount the undertaking is fairly set afloat .
10 Concerning any event, a hundred different versions and conflicting accounts are instantly set afloat .
11 Thousands of lanterns carrying messages of peace will be set afloat on the Motoyasu River.
12 The boat with its cargo had been set afloat in the Sangamon River at Springfield.
13 With the chain of command fully working, the boats were readied, filled, and set afloat .
14 The journal he edits is one of the most successful periodical publications ever set afloat .
15 He is insanely suspicious, and there is no telling what report he may set afloat .
16 Peleg became troublesome, and invidious reports were set afloat .
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