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An eavesdropping party took pity on us and sent over some shots.

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“They took pity on me,” said Kalkay, whose mom took the unclaimed potatoes and used them in a dinner recipe.

The pity is that the first law officer to race to the target is a Republican, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

“What a pity the fair lady can’t be there, invisible,” Ibsen’s Hedda grumbled at being left home while the men got to carouse.

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The veritable pity party gnashes its teeth more and more as the months pass.

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

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