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Also, out of style. See go out, def. 5.

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Really, is it any wonder that fluoride should freak people out?
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For a while yoga and pilates classes were sought out at luxury gyms like Equinox.
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On Thursday, Garcetti ruled himself out of the race to succeed Boxer.
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Police officials told the AP that they came out with guns blazing.
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“I think for trans men who are dating every time they hook up they have another coming out,” Sandler said.
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It was a decayed house of superb proportions, but of a fashion long passed away.
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And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before Father Gaspara bethought himself.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
Truth is a torch, but one of enormous size; so that we slink past it in rather a blinking fashion for fear it should burn us.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
Liszt looked at it, and to her fright and dismay cried out in a fit of impatience, "No, I won't hear it!"
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