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ER

Sonya: The government of Copeland is raising the cigarette tax.

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withme

15 Oct 2023, 08:40

83

16

26,486

by: VerbalBot

30 Jul 2025, 05:08

ER

Art restorers who have been studying the factors that cause Renaissanc

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1, 2

WaterFlowsUp

20 Aug 2024, 09:22

231

29

67,289

by: VerbalBot

30 Jul 2025, 03:59

ER

It has been proven that the lie detector can be fooled.

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charanrana

29 Sep 2022, 10:32

4

3,505

by: CareerLauncherMBA

30 Jul 2025, 02:03

Despite the relentless pursuit of fitness portrayed by the media, the

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Danny134

09 Jul 2024, 14:13

11

4

2,400

by: Paattaa

29 Jul 2025, 22:58

ER

An electric-power company gained greater profits and provided electric

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saviop

20 Sep 2023, 01:48

132

11

34,726

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 22:14

ER

Investigators concluded that human failure was not responsible for the

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goalsnr

04 Sep 2019, 04:52

71

14

15,799

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 21:33

Moved:

You must be the change you wish to see in the world. What does the sp

Bunuel

24 Jun 2018, 10:39

13

5,911

by: ahddhah

29 Jul 2025, 21:13

When Cortez arrived in Mexico in A.D. 1519, he observed the inhabitant

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nahid007

09 Mar 2020, 03:27

36

8

14,234

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 20:27

ER

Cocoa grown organically on trees within the shade of the rain forest

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BillyZ

21 Jun 2018, 22:50

74

15

28,667

by: GMATNinja

29 Jul 2025, 19:20

ER

Due to budget constraints for the upcoming year, the corporate office

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Bunuel

03 Jan 2022, 07:30

8

4

3,329

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 14:19

ER

The number of tornadoes recorded annually in North America has more

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akela

28 Feb 2019, 08:13

16

4

5,336

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 14:15

Before lead poisoning starts to cause serious damage, it can be detect

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agdimple333

10 Jun 2019, 01:11

34

3

9,924

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 09:45

ER

Auditor: XYZ, a construction company, purchased

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akela

10 Dec 2017, 11:54

38

9

9,002

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 09:22

ER -1

In the past, the railroads in Ostronia were run as regional monopolies

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1, 2

chunjuwu

27 Mar 2020, 02:56

23

22

21,740

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 09:03

ER

It takes 365.25 days for the Earth to make one complete revolution aro

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francoimps

22 Jan 2020, 03:38

41

5

16,727

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 09:02

ER

Economic opportunity drew many people to Alaska during the early 1980s

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Anigr16

24 Aug 2015, 08:35

23

2

6,335

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 07:18

ER

During the seventeenth century, the English Academy of Science was a

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CrackVerbal

19 Mar 2020, 04:06

5

3

4,509

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 06:55

ER

Scientist: The appropriate way to discover how best to market

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Kdel425

24 Feb 2024, 11:18

71

5

12,855

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 06:04

ER

Economist: In the middle of the twentieth century, continuous

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DerekLin

06 Feb 2024, 17:07

91

10

11,750

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 05:59

ER

The tobacco industry is still profitable and projections are that it

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1, 2

qhoc0010

13 Jan 2020, 06:00

242

20

59,328

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 05:32

ER -1

Professor Knight has noticed that students who guess on her multiple-c

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Bunuel

29 Nov 2021, 09:30

20

6

6,313

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 04:14

ER

CR - Strengthen the argument

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souvik101990

08 Apr 2014, 09:23

26

10

12,401

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 03:03

ER

SafeZone mosquito repellant has been shown in laboratory settings to

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Harley1980

10 Aug 2015, 15:45

65

18

15,858

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 01:32

ER

In 1980, Country A had a per capita gross domestic product (GDP) that

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gmacvik

28 Mar 2021, 12:24

114

15

20,646

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 01:27

ER

A requirement of traditional pension plans is that an employee work fo

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felippemed

02 Jun 2016, 12:22

43

15

16,532

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 00:59

ER

Playwright A is credited with being the first playwright to break the

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Bunuel

11 Apr 2024, 01:30

29

7

5,242

by: VerbalBot

29 Jul 2025, 00:55

Prison overcrowding has forced the early release of hundreds of crimin

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aragonn

02 Dec 2018, 19:03

13

8

6,068

by: VerbalBot

28 Jul 2025, 22:22

ER

A significant amount of the acquisition budget of a typical university

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akela

11 Nov 2017, 01:57

23

6

11,897

by: VerbalBot

28 Jul 2025, 19:11

Planners in City X noticed that many of the trees in the

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1, 2

rdg

30 Jun 2013, 05:21

28

26

10,541

by: licrolicro

28 Jul 2025, 11:59

A wannabe superhuman has a large menu of technique

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ravikirancg

05 Jun 2025, 07:51

4

2

1,180

by: ODST117

28 Jul 2025, 10:13

Editorial: It has been suggested that private, for-profit companies sh

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Hovkial

27 Jul 2019, 09:32

8

5

5,122

by: VerbalBot

28 Jul 2025, 09:58

Two years ago, the government of Runagia increased by 20 percent the

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maybeam

23 Jan 2019, 05:42

58

5

21,107

by: Yudhajit22

28 Jul 2025, 09:17

ER

It is due to a misunderstanding that most modern sculpture is monochro

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Bunuel

01 Nov 2021, 04:00

9

2

4,273

by: VerbalBot

28 Jul 2025, 09:13

Politician: Some cities have reversed the decay of aging urban areas

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GmatStuck

08 Feb 2025, 18:07

10

2

2,240

by: Pranavsawant

28 Jul 2025, 07:56

ER

Senovia can be looked upon as an example of stability within an

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Bunuel

01 Apr 2024, 01:30

13

5

3,061

by: VerbalBot

28 Jul 2025, 07:45

ER

Earlier this year, our citys three main reservoirs had unusually

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Bunuel

10 May 2023, 01:30

3

2

2,689

by: VerbalBot

28 Jul 2025, 07:41

ER

Oceanographer: To substantially reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in

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nightblade354

28 Jul 2019, 12:53

34

12

9,028

by: VerbalBot

28 Jul 2025, 07:40

Governor: The bridge that spans the Brookline and Kings boroughs is in

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chetan86

01 Apr 2018, 16:04

23

13

13,847

by: VerbalBot

28 Jul 2025, 07:35

ER

Economist: No economic system that is centrally planned can efficientl

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Bunuel

15 Apr 2020, 02:35

55

6

10,977

by: VerbalBot

28 Jul 2025, 02:08

ER

Parent: The city education department is unable to distinguish between

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GetThisDone

28 Apr 2012, 20:37

50

6

21,699

by: VerbalBot

28 Jul 2025, 01:35

ER

To decrease the number of crimes in city Y, the city's Police Commissi

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skim

04 Nov 2018, 03:32

60

18

25,005

by: harsha77

28 Jul 2025, 00:35

ER

In January there was a large drop in the number of new houses sold, be

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1, 2

SudiptoGmat

19 Jan 2010, 09:36

266

20

46,689

by: DmitryFarberMPrep

27 Jul 2025, 21:59

ER

Recently a court ruled that current law allows companies to reject

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wunderbar03

12 Sep 2025, 07:22

166

17

44,989

by: DmitryFarberMPrep

27 Jul 2025, 21:34

ER

The cause of the epidemic that devastated Athens in 430 B.C. can final

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akela

04 Jan 2019, 08:09

24

6

5,883

by: agrasan

27 Jul 2025, 21:26

ER

Some of the pumps supplying water to our

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Mislead

09 Mar 2025, 14:42

17

4

1,978

by: Pranavsawant

27 Jul 2025, 19:22

ER -1

Rye sown in the fall and plowed into the soil in early spring leaves

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perfectstranger

27 Jun 2021, 03:25

255

16

63,775

by: VerbalBot

27 Jul 2025, 17:33

ER

In Borania many people who want to quit smoking wear nicotine skin

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soumya170293

07 Jan 2017, 20:10

24

5

14,910

by: Nsp10

27 Jul 2025, 12:21

-1

Psychologists conducted a series of experiments to test the effect upo

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noboru

11 Apr 2019, 00:32

41

17

22,888

by: VerbalBot

27 Jul 2025, 11:24

ER -2

Before the 20th century, the employer/employee relationship was

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Bunuel

20 Feb 2023, 03:39

7

10

2,621

by: Aakanksha1194

27 Jul 2025, 10:37

ER

Profits pay for a company's research and development, which is the

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Raksat

16 Aug 2018, 09:51

31

14

10,234

by: Rohan271

27 Jul 2025, 10:27