for a wonder
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His father, a singing teacher, later moved Lorin to an appropriate place for a wonder child, Los Angeles.
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His satire is so complete, in fact, that he has even provided five mock commercials, with Celeste Holm as pitchwoman for a wonder goo called Elixircol.
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He was not much worried, for a wonder, about the students of the National University, revolutionists to a man.
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There isn't too much snow and for once, for a wonder, the dog-hero, though highly talented, doesn't make one wish for an all-canine cast.
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When a ship without sails or sailors came drifting in from sea, they went to meet it looking for a wonder, and sure enough there was a child in the ship.
From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye
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