cer-
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From Tokyo it was reported that the Japanese Government would cer- tainly not recall Mr. Hanihara for his ingenuous juxtaposition of the words "grave" and "consequences."
From Time Magazine Archive
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“You cer- ♦Cemetery Hill. tainly don’t mean—sir, I have been under the impression that it would be our strategy to conduct a defensive campaign, wherever possible, in order to keep this army intact.”
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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Rickfield was hooked, and Credite Suisse was the cer- tain Swiss bank in question.
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn
This small, empty place, oblong in form, at once bright and quiet, with a cer- tain grass-grown look, offers an excellent setting to the entrance-front of the palace, - the wing of Louis XII.
From A Little Tour in France by James, Henry
If there were not one word in it tending to degrade the mother, the gift would cer- tainly be as appropriate.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green
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