Related Words for holding

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property
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Verb, Verb
retaining
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Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
retention
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Verb, Noun
retentive
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Noun, Adjective, Noun
keeping
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Noun, Noun, Verb
belongings
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Verb, Noun
let go of
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Phrase, Adverb, Verb
carrying
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Verb
pulling
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Verb
putting
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Verb
squeezing
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Verb
standing
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Noun
grabbing
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Verb
throwing
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Verb
sticking
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Verb
clasping
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Verb
placing
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Verb
clinging
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Verb
handing
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Verb
bringing
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Verb
hanging
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Verb
pushing
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Verb
taking
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Verb
snatching
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Verb
grasping
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Verb
waving
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Verb
clutching
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Verb
cradling
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Verb
reaching
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Verb
lifting
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Noun
snapping
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Verb
sitting
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Verb
attaching
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Verb
securing
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Verb
relinquishing
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Verb
hoisting
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Noun
turning
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Verb
yanking
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Verb
supporting
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Verb
dropping
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Verb
raising
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Noun
getting
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Verb
seizing
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Verb
moving
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Verb
dragging
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Verb
representing
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Verb
upholding
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Verb
presenting
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Verb
releasing
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Adjective
displaying
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Verb
flinging
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Verb
wielding
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Adjective
tying
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Verb
waiving
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Verb
transferring
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Verb
protecting
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Verb
tossing
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Verb
running
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Verb
hugging
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Verb
controlling
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Verb
catching
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Verb
propping
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Verb
tucking
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Verb
shaking
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Verb
occupying
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Verb
burying
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Verb
showing
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Verb
hauling
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Noun
laying
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Verb
slipping
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Verb
shoving
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Verb
toting
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Adjective
locking
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Noun
slapping
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Verb
preventing
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Verb
hostage
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Noun
giving
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Verb
picking
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Verb
collecting
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Noun
dangling
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Verb
delivering
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Verb
stepping
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Verb
breaking
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Noun
capturing
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Verb
swinging
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Verb
dislodging
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Verb
touching
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Verb
sending
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Verb
retrieving
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Verb
possessing
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Verb
sustaining
x/x
Adjective
knocking
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Verb
having
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Verb
playing
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Noun
maintaining
x/x
Verb
kicking
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Verb
losing
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Verb
poking
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Verb
gaining
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Verb
sliding
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Verb
jumping
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Noun
scooping
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Verb
obtaining
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Verb
forming
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Verb
removing
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Verb
conducting
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Verb
selling
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Noun
issuing
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Verb
managing
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Noun
hitting
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Verb
fighting
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Noun
surrendering
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Verb
resting
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Verb
defending
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Verb
covering
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Verb
receiving
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Verb
storing
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Verb
beating
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Noun
wearing
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Verb
rolling
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Noun
holder
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Noun
letting
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Verb
exchanging
x/x
Verb
smashing
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Verb
staying
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Verb
restraining
x/x
Verb
dumping
/x
Verb
owning
/x
Noun
tapping
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Noun
gathering
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Noun
rocking
/x
Noun
initiating
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Verb
being
/x
Verb
concealing
x/x
Verb
yielding
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Verb
distributing
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Verb
creating
x/x
Verb
bearing
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Noun
shutting
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Verb
chasing
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Verb
pointing
/x
Verb
conveying
x/x
Verb
executing
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Verb
falling
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Verb
posing
/x
Verb
drawing
/x
Noun
applying
x/x
Verb
consolidating
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Verb
straddling
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Verb
promoting
x/x
Verb
producing
x/x
Verb
sucking
/x
Noun
slamming
/x
Verb
flipping
/x
Verb
bouncing
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Noun
paying
/x
Verb
projecting
x/x
Verb
providing
x/x
Verb
embracing
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Adjective
demonstrating
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Verb
acquiring
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Verb
guarding
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Verb
guiding
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Verb
leaning
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Verb
pressing
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Verb
manipulating
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Verb
flicking
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Verb
suppressing
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Verb
balancing
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Noun
reserving
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Verb
adhering
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Verb
shareholding
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Noun
stock
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Noun
position
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Noun
stockholder
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Noun
investing
x/x
Noun
security
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Noun
portfolio
x/xx
Noun
stake
/
Noun
assets
/x
Noun
share
/
Noun
equity
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Noun
plebiscite
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Noun
uneconomic
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Adjective
referenda
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Noun
accrue
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Verb, Noun
achievement
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Noun
achieving
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Noun
action
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
advantaged
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Adjective
affirming
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Adjective, Noun
affluent
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Adjective, Noun
allotment
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Noun
arguing
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Noun
army
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Noun
arranging
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Noun
array
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Noun, Verb
arresting
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Adjective
assuming
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Noun, Adjective
attire
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Noun, Verb
bankrupt
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
basis
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Noun
believing
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Noun
beneficiary
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Noun, Adjective
blaming
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Noun
bound
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
box
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Noun, Verb
celebrating
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Noun
collection
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Noun
commemorating
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Adjective
commemoration
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Noun
commending
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Verb, Noun
community property
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Phrase, Noun
company
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Noun, Verb
completion
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Noun
con
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Noun, Verb
concluding
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Adjective, Noun
conclusion
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Noun
confinement
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Noun
conglomerate
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
conservation
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Noun
considering
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Noun, Adverb
consignment
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Noun
container
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Noun
containing
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Noun
containment
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Noun
contract
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
convening
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Noun
convocation
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Noun
course
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Noun, Verb, Adverb
cumulation
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Noun
custodial
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Adjective
custody
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Noun
decade
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Noun
deduction
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Noun
deposit
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Noun, Verb
detaining
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Noun
detention
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Noun
doing
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Noun
dress
/
Noun, Verb
enjoying
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Verb
ensuring
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Verb
establishment
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Noun
event
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Noun, Verb
ex
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
exercising
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Noun
exerting
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Verb
expectation
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Noun
exploitation
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Noun
exploitative
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Adjective
exploiting
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Verb
exporting
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Name
farming
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Noun, Adjective
fastening
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Noun
filing
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Noun
forcing
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Noun, Adjective
fulfilment
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Noun
fund
/
Noun, Verb
governed
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Noun
grant
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Noun, Verb
gripping
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Adjective, Noun
harvesting
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Noun
heirloom
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Noun
hospitality
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Noun
hosting
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Noun
implementation
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Noun
impoundment
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Noun
impoverished
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Adjective
imprisonment
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Noun
incarceration
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Noun
incumbent
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Adjective, Noun
indebted
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Adjective
installation
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Noun
instituting
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Verb
institution
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Noun
internment
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Noun
investment
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Noun
involvement
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Noun
landholding
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Noun
landowning
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Adjective, Noun
lease
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Noun, Verb
lien
/
Noun, Verb
maintenance
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Noun
making
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Noun
marking
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Noun
matrix
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Noun
measure
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Noun, Verb
meeting
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Noun
mining
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Noun
moneyed
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Adjective
mounting
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Adjective, Noun
navy
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Noun, Adjective
obligation
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Noun
observance
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Noun
occasion
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Noun, Verb
operating
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Adjective
operation
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Noun
operational
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Adjective
organisation
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Noun
organise
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Verb
organising
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Noun
organization
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Noun
organizing
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Noun
outfit
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Noun, Verb
ownership
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Noun
participation
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Noun
performing
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Noun
personal estate
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Phrase, Noun
personal property
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Phrase, Noun
personalty
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Noun
possession
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Noun, Verb
procedure
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Noun
proceeding
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Noun
propertied
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Adjective
proprietor
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Noun
prosperous
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Adjective
public property
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Phrase, Noun
breakeven
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
save
/
Verb, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
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Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
headlines
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Noun
backwater
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Noun, Verb
stovepipe
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Noun, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
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Name, Verb, Adjective
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
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Adverb