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families

[ fam-uh-leez, fam-leez ]

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noun

The editors, writers, and cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo were human beings with families, friends, and loved ones.

So in that sense we have gotten close to the families that have lost loved ones, be it from one side or the other.

Since then, the rising gap between the rich and middle- and lower-income families has risen to the fore.

But news of the classes is spread mainly by word of mouth, and participants bring along their friends and families.

Families stuff a life-size male doll with memories of the outgoing year and dress him in their clothing.

These officers are bound to maintayne themselves and families with food and rayment by their owne and their servant's industrie.

During his absence his own relations and the chief families in his town became the objects of persecution.

The decay and ruin of nearly all the "old families" in Ireland are among the penalties of disregarding it.

Foreign families of neutral nationality sought more tranquil asylum far beyond the suburbs or on ships lying in the harbour.

In fact, they had told a lie—they were deserting, instead of going to visit their families, as they said.

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