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see lead a double life .

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But beneath all the shiny esteem, the 25-year-old Wright led a seedy double life.

The novel follows Dinello as she develops her own ice cream empire and leads a double life in more ways than one.

While other Airmen focused on adapting to the military culture and passing their courses, Neubauer was leading a double life.

If you ever felt you needed more Mailer, J. Michael Lennon Norman Mailer: A Double Life is just the ticket.

For the undercover, the closing of the case meant the end of five years of living a double life.

I was ushered into a private office, and there I saw Mr. Milburgh and realised the kind of double life he was living.

Though some of its members also belonged to the Toddletopsis Club, it meant their leading a double life.

I shall never forget writing one letter for a man who was leading a double life.

Leaves home, friends, and everything, and leads a double life.

There is a double life in it, and the second life, the added life, dominates the other.

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