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spell

noun as in interval, period

noun as in seizure

verb as in mean, imply

verb as in give rest, relief

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Kelleher's recent run in the team seems to have proved he is good enough - but he will now face another spell on the sidelines with Alisson's return.

From BBC

The cold spell looks set to last for about a week for many, before milder Atlantic air returns in time for the start of winter.

From BBC

Together or separately, they co-wrote “Wide Open Heart,” “I’ll Pay the Price,” “California Sky,” “I Spell Love” and “Hand Me Down Heart” with Yoakam.

Many — who have had several close calls with wildfire before — knew instantly that this could spell disaster.

An even slightly less lopsided Senate would likely reject Ratcliffe out of fear that he’d politicize intelligence—as indeed he did during the brief spell, at the end of Trump’s first term, when he was director of national intelligence, the office that oversees and coordinates the 18 U.S. intel agencies.

From Slate

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

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