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lest

conjunction as in for fear that

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Lest anyone assume that these were the only lessons he could have drawn, quote concentration camp survivor Viktor Frankl, who wrote that “only the men who allowed their inner hold on their moral and spiritual selves to subside eventually fell victim to the camp’s degenerating influences.”

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Numerous rights groups lobbied the 11-nation bloc to hold back monitors, lest they lend legitimacy to a vote which they say is critically flawed.

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The entire ensemble is nearly 8 feet tall and about as long, and so heavy that in Fort Worth the lid had to be displayed alongside the box lest the gallery floor buckle under their combined weight.

And lest any vice presidents tell you otherwise, racism is as evident in policy proposals as it is in the chats.

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Mr. Ansari provides one character with what’s meant to be a stirring monologue about how CEOs should simply give out big raises lest the workers of the world unite against them.

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

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