safe and sound
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Maybe if he does, you can come back from Canada safe and sound.
From Literature
Multiple sources told AFP on Thursday that the bar owners are French nationals: a couple originally from Corsica who, according to a relative, are safe and sound, but who have been unreachable since the tragedy.
From Barron's
Senegal's foreign ministry said in a statement that Embaló landed in the country "safe and sound" on a chartered military flight late on Thursday.
From BBC
For she would not be content until she could see with her own eyes that all three children were safe and sound, and preferably doing something educational.
From Literature
"All I want is the birds back safe and sound and I will do everything in my power to get them home safely," she added.
From BBC
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