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throw light upon





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The object of this meeting is to explain the general situation of the eight-hour movement and to throw light upon various incidents in connection with it.”

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

“That certainly should throw light upon the matter. An extraordinary country America.”

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

Statues, inscriptions, memorial stones, the names of streets—anything that might throw light upon the past had been systematically altered.

From "1984" by George Orwell

“It is only to ask you if you saw or heard anything last night that may throw light upon this matter.”

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

At the former place, Mr. Combe took a cast of his head, seeking thereby to throw light upon his phrenological theories.

From Curiosities of Human Nature by Anonymous




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