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Morgan Lake, who improved her British high jump record by clearing two metres for the first time in August, safely qualified for her final with a clearance at 1.92m.

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He points to the exact spot, a few hundred metres away on the mountain opposite, where lightning struck a few weeks earlier, igniting a wildfire that had disastrous consequences.

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The firms have not yet commented on the lawsuit, but Sino Metals Leach Zambia has previously said there was a spillage of about 50,000 cubic metres.

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The three members of the group remained in the woodland but moved a few metres from their previous encampment to the other side a of a wire fence.

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New Zealand were troubled by South Africa's ultra-physical approach in the first half of their quarter-final, with the Springboks making metres with 15-player driving mauls and forward thrusts around the fringes.

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

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