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The boys, some brashly, some embarrassedly, were substantiating the fact that he had, a month ago, described yesterday's event in detail.

From The Edge of the Knife by Piper, H. Beam

The family life of the Teutons, the life of the plain people—all were substantiating the essential and alarming truth of the old man's beliefs.

From Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life by Henry, Stuart Oliver