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swathe

verb as in drape

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verb as in enfold

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She called him “hopelessly naïve” and said he had shown “shallow understanding of a great swathe of Scotland's population”.

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And then with this, comes a more existential conundrum for Gen Z. What if a large swathe of this generation is permanently semi-detached from the jobs market?

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The core of the hurricane is expected to pass over west-central Florida, with a large storm surge expected along a swathe of the state's coast ahead of landfall.

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Among its conditions was that a swathe of southern Lebanon - the area south of the landmark Litani river - should be kept as a buffer zone between the two sides, free of any Hezbollah fighters or weapons.

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The heiress was released on bail and placed under house arrest, but was allowed to leave her home in the daytime and roam within a large swathe of Vancouver while under supervision.

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

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