twelvemonth
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The other three gain and lose little more than a twelvemonth on him.
From The Guardian • Jan. 23, 2013
A twelvemonth sinceI knew her not at all.Our hearths were crowded thenbut now it is fittingthat one of them bides cold.A fire shared is a fire cheaper by far.
From The Guardian • Jun. 28, 2010
For in this twelvemonth, no man, by sheer force of character or professional skill, has more conspicuously served his country, and the hopes of all mankind, than our U.N.
From Time Magazine Archive
Police doubled anti-looting squads sent nightly to prowl in freshly bombed districts; magistrates doubled penalties, sometimes gave the twelvemonth maximum.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr Millar told me that in a twelvemonth he sold only forty-five copies of it.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
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