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The government has previously said that Budget was a necessary package to fill what it called a black hole in the public finances, and other changes were freeing up properties for first-time buyers.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2025

"They thought they were freeing the Falklands from the British yoke but they were soon sorted out on that," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2022

Jefferson is a guy that said, “All men are created equal,” but kept slaves when others were freeing them.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2018

“We were freeing hostages continuously,” he told a television interviewer.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2015

For now, one by one, they were freeing themselves and plopping onto the road.

From Four and Twenty Beds by Vogel, Nancy