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More than 6 million Syrians have fled their homeland, most settling in overburdened regional host countries such as Jordan.
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In addition to sea-level rise, the loss of natural barriers and land subsidence — a gradual settling or sudden sinking of the Earth's surface because of underground movement of soil, rock and other materials — also contributes to flooding.
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Mound the soil to allow for the settling and decomposition of the mulch/soil below.
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Most pressing is the settling of a crowded outfield.
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Word of the bequest was recently publicized because of the settling of Randlett's estate.
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The level, also the highest in a decade, reverses a downward trend that observers speculated was related to a settling of the market to pre-recession levels when there was a lot of buying and flipping of homes.
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One day in another history tutorial, the lecturer had the class read a book examining the settling of the frontier from the indigenous point of view.
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More than ever, Syria is in danger of becoming an arena for the settling of scores among world powers.
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First Known Use of settling
1594
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