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Weston, a former British Gas executive, was hired in January this year to try and turn around the fortunes of a company drowning in debts of £18bn.

From BBC

While “Wicked” doesn’t need to be the same technicolor utopia as “The Wizard of Oz,” the movie often leaves its characters drowned out by perplexing lighting design.

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“As much as I’d wanted the relationship to work — I always felt as though I was drowning.”

He had been diagnosed with coronary artery disease and was found to have drowned in a hot tub.

From Salon

The nurse told another colleague "if she were my daughter, I would’ve drowned her at birth" in reference to someone she was entrusted with taking care of.

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

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