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“Young people can’t stop going out and letting off steam at bars. It’s necessary for us.”

Those who are loyal understand that these outbursts are generally about him letting off steam and may even believe that when they occur, they are followed by a return to expert scheming.

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“We have young men wandering through the community with AK-47s, letting off 60, 90, up to 100 rounds — daily.”

The sun is producing fireworks—letting off a trio of solar flares in just two hours amid a period of high activity that may cause mild consequences on Earth.

Barnaoui, 30, was spurred on by the Paris crowd, with some audience members shouting through a megaphone and banging a drum, and a section of the crowd even letting off flares.

From BBC

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

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