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Don't get us started on 'bimonthly'
Labor Day From the folks who brought you the weekend
hagiography Who caused this spike?
bigot, bigotry Trump: "Hillary Clinton is a bigot!"
ransom "We do not pay ransom"
redact That's classified
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a misleading or elusive goal or hope
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