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Mr. Carlson didn’t sway the base then, and there’s little evidence he’s doing so now.

“First, everything started to sway, slowly and lazily,” he later recalled.

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Beneficiaries may be swamped with calls from alleged consultants and healthcare companies trying to sway them to opt in to a specific plan.

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In a fitness studio in Saudi Arabia, dozens of women sway to Arabic music as they practise belly dancing -- an activity that many feel compelled to keep secret.

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The sun now focused on our swim, the sea warms around us and so we linger, dive longer and deeper, letting the current sway us to the opposite end of the bay.

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

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