strides

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The Gants' tumultuous strifes and set-tos constantly startle and sometimes even rout the genteel, almost ghostly boarders.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now, then, my children, after two thousand years of struggles and strifes, our family has preserved its name, its tongue and its faith.

From The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 by Sue, Eug?ne

Why mix in the quarrels and envying and strifes of the head station when silence and safety and peace may be found beyond the range?

From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by Spears, John R.

The Etruscans and Umbrians, forgetting all their former strifes, now joined against the new power which threatened to crush their liberties.

From The Story of Assisi by Gordon, Lina Duff

None of the great nobles in the vicinity--generally engaged in the civil strifes and incessant broils of their own countries--had time to suppress them, even if they had the inclination.

From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)