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[bahy] / baɪ /






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The plantation owners then shipped molasses, a by- product of sugar production, to other English settlers in the colony of Massachusetts, who transformed it into rum and shipped that to England.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

“I love my city, but for far too long it has been run by- and with toxic energy.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2021

Other studies have found that 10% to 46% of police shootings involved suicide by- cop attempts — though the definition of what constitutes a suicide by cop is controversial.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2019

I'm financially OK, but the by- passed opportunities were many.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2017

Where these roads met, our stone church, Saint Giles by- the-River, stood with its ancient bell.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi




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