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As an extra layer of protection, pilots wore tight helmets and full-body pressure suits so stiff they left bruises.

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They rounded up a school of fish, circling them, forcing them into a tight cluster.

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Then that summer, during football practice, he tweaked his hamstring while running through routes at tight end.

The decision was the result of a tight vote, with four of the Monetary Policy Committee’s nine members voting to cut the key rate for a sixth time.

“With that effect fading, the crude oil market loses one of the supports that had fueled expectations of tighter supply.”

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

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