anent
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He had also protested vigorously comments by Arthur Brisbane and the late Will Rogers anent holding companies.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the Reichstag opened late last week, a day of merely perfunctory debate was followed by important party caucuses anent the Locarno Treaties.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fifteen-minute pause after dessert to listen to burst of rhetoric from unemployed husband anent, State of Union.
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Dolmage-Heath Lima, Peru Sir: In your article anent the new Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden . . . you say two of Eden's brothers, Timothy and Nicholas, were killed.
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These bans an’ wafts an’ boh-ghosts an’ barguests an’ bogles an’ all anent them is only fit to set bairns an’ dizzy women a-belderin’.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
