very thing, the
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He had that very thing the FBI was trying to bring down.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2023
To love "Emily in Paris" would be to love the very thing the show tells us to hate.
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2022
“Whether the person is a victim is the very thing the prosecution has to prove.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2021
Shock, however, designed the second home to do the very thing the new program intends: add to the badly needed housing stock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2021
I had been considering that very thing, the thought of Christmas in prison being so depressing, but the memo pretty much torpedoed the idea.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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