under the sun

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see under everything but the kitchen sink; nothing new under the sun.

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Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
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Under the one-sixth they appear as slender, highly refractive fibers with double contour and, often, curled or split ends.
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The Pontellier and Ratignolle compartments adjoined one another under the same roof.
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The Majesty on high has a colony and a people on earth, which otherwise is under the supremacy of the Evil One.
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Behold a dumpy, comfortable British paterfamilias in a light flannel suit and a faded sun hat.
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Poor Squinty ran and tried to hide under the straw, for he knew the boy was talking about him.
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