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commons

noun as in dining hall

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Alexander and Diana Darwall are challenging a Court of Appeal ruling, which said people can wild camp on some privately owned commons in the national park in Devon.

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The decision by Ms Atkins not to run comes days after she was told she had behaved "abominably" during a debate in the commons.

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Six years later, the Soviets, the U.S. and the United Kingdom signed a treaty declaring outer space a global commons that could be used for only peaceful purposes.

They broke for lunch in the dining commons, which was more like a nice restaurant than a typical office cafeteria, but they were all too nervous to enjoy the meal.

"Our analysis found commons viruses play a larger role than previously recognised in triggering intussusception," he said.

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

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