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an altar on which the Eucharist may be celebrated from either the liturgical east or the liturgical west side.

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And Ollie says, ‘Oh, I see, well, let me have two double vodka martinis.’
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A few weeks after returning from England, I was trolling the dairy section and came across the Cotswold Double Gloucester.
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He went on to say that even such double horrors had never kept cops from continuing on.
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Faced with the loss of middle class voters, the administration seems determined to double down on its current coalition.
Time to Bring Back the Truman Democrats|Joel Kotkin|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Under the one-sixth they appear as slender, highly refractive fibers with double contour and, often, curled or split ends.
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In treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.
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All things are double, one against another, and he hath made nothing defective.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
The way was under a double row of tall trees, which met at the top and formed a green arch over our heads.
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The wretched young man persistently exercises his right of crying "Banco," and so practically going double or quits each time.
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