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The most anterior promontory of each cerebral hemisphere.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

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Occasionally a pamphlet for a salsa class might be tossed on a doorstop or stuck on a pole near a bus stop.
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World GDP (including North Pole toyshop gross output) is $84.97 trillion.
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It seems to me that both sides need to move toward the “staying connected” pole.
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Both political parties, and the President, have moved too close to the “standing alone” pole.
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“The street pole that tells a wonderful story,” Maria told the assemblage.
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Knowing by experience that he would soon be up to it, he used his pole with all his might, hoping to steer clear of it.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
Edmund de la Pole, earl of Suffolk, on account of his near relationship to the house of York, beheaded.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Then, having shot nothing that day, he turned towards the Pole with a feeling of disappointment.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
Truly it was a most enjoyable season and experience, but there is no joy without its alley here below—not even at the North Pole!
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
The French navigator, De Pages, passed the 81st degree of north latitude, in an attempt to reach the pole.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell