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as in to contain
to be made up of
the mall comprises three department stores and 80 smaller shops selling specialized goods
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as in to constitute
to be all the substance of
at the time, about 100,000 fighting men and women comprised our military force in that country
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The three games without starting comprised the longest stretch on the bench for Sheets since the first week of May.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Love between the two of us, father and daughter, and love for the art form of cinema and the individual movies that comprise its history and its future.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
Among his holdings was the Selfridges Group, comprising the eponymous store in the U.K., Brown Thomas and Arnotts in Ireland, De Bijenkorf in the Netherlands, and the Holt Renfrew luxury chain in Canada.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 4 Aug. 2025
The international crew—comprising American, Japanese and Russian astronauts—will spend at least six months aboard the orbiting lab, relieving the team sent up in March to stand in for two NASA astronauts grounded by spacecraft issues.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Love between the two of us, father and daughter, and love for the art form of cinema and the individual movies that comprise its history and its future.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
Among his holdings was the Selfridges Group, comprising the eponymous store in the U.K., Brown Thomas and Arnotts in Ireland, De Bijenkorf in the Netherlands, and the Holt Renfrew luxury chain in Canada.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 4 Aug. 2025
The international crew—comprising American, Japanese and Russian astronauts—will spend at least six months aboard the orbiting lab, relieving the team sent up in March to stand in for two NASA astronauts grounded by spacecraft issues.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
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Nearly 2,000 French firefighters are battling to contain a fast-moving blaze that has burnt through an area bigger than Paris and killed an elderly woman.—
Pierre Barin,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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Neeson of course plays the fixer character enlisted to contain the parasite.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
6 Aug. 2025
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Nothing provided on this site constitutes tax advice.—
Andrew Rosen,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Fain refused to provide records requested by the monitor, constituting an obstruction of transparency and cooperation.—
Liam Rappleye,
Freep.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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That includes Play Protect, which protects your phone from dangerous apps from any source.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Bonus content includes a behind-the-scenes look at the airplane and ocean stunts, deleted footage montage with optional commentary by Director Christopher McQuarrie, the challenges of filming the technical and extremely dangerous stunts, and an in-depth discussion with McQuarrie and Cruise.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
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Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow composed the music for the film.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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But in California, where three-quarters of the state legislature is Democratic, an independent commission composed of equal numbers of Democrats, Republicans, and independents is tasked with redistricting—a shift supported overwhelmingly by California voters in 2010.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
12 Aug. 2025
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About 60 fire personnel were assigned to the Indian Creek fire, with an incident command team expected to form by Aug. 9, according to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in a Facebook update.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Finance of America was formed after Finance of America Reverse (FAR) purchased American Advisors Group (AAG) and rebranded in 2023.—
Kelsey Neubauer,
CNBC,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Comprise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprise. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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