fosse
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Se fosse seguida pela OMS, a organização recomendaria que crianças de todo o mundo fossem amamentadas por seis meses, em vez da recomendação anterior de quatro a seis meses, explicou.
From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2017
There was a road paved with white stone running on the outer brink of the fosse.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Beyond it was a deep fosse lost in soft shadow, but the grass upon its brink was green, as if it glowed still in memory of the sun that had gone.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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The order was instantly obeyed, and the door afloat in the fosse, and springing upon it, he impelled himself with a pike towards the opposite bank.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison
Swift in expedient, the stewards supplied the difficulty with quicklime, which was scattered with a lavish hand in the fosse, and shone like snow through the barrier of furze bushes on the take-off side.
From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Ross, Martin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.