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O'Brien managed the lion's share of that work, upon which the paper is based.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2023

Some are extremely dark, others are relatively lighthearted, and even the digressions add something to the greater, interconnected mythology or work upon Dream’s understanding of himself.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2022

A dozen riveters and heater boys were at work upon a keel which passed on its float.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2020

With little or no ability to work, upon whom or which agencies would the burden of caring for these poor, once misguided souls?

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2018

A special committee of pigs had been at work upon them for the past three weeks.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell




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