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People have used it this way for centuries
Ripped from the headlines
Don't get us started on 'bimonthly'
hagiography Who caused this spike?
bigot, bigotry Trump: "Hillary Clinton is a bigot!"
ransom "We do not pay ransom"
redact That's classified
pivot "I mean, you have to be you"
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