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goes

noun as in try, attempt

verb as in operate, function

verb as in span, stretch

verb as in elapse

verb as in endure

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The party's frustration is obvious, and it goes beyond its anger at the party political name-calling that saw the Ulster Unionists describe the Alliance last week as "divided, desperate and drifting towards nationalism".

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"As time goes on, more of a shared societal consensus may emerge about the acceptability of defendants' conduct."

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"Seeing all this ritual and ceremony that goes with sumo is quite special," fan Sian says.

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Akutagawa, recalled Kurosawa in his memoir, “goes into the depths of the human heart as if with a surgeon’s scalpel, laying bare its dark complexities and bizarre twists.”

“The bubble peaks when the last bear turns bullish,” goes an old Wall Street saw.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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