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phrase

verb as in express in words carefully

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No one who works with migrants, no one who works on border security, would ever say the sort of words or phrases routinely in political slogans: “stop the boats” or “smash the gangs”.

From BBC

The phrase, which references how quickly fortunes can change, feels like one of the most fitting “Harbaughisms” for a team trying to shed its history as crunch-time losers.

But then the phrase "This will fix me" popped in my head and I landed on a take that I hadn't ever previously in all my other times watching this.

From Salon

Jordan said they asked California officials to describe the measure in the ballot summary with the phrase, “Slavery of any kind is prohibited.”

A former member of the Minnesota National Guard, he has a tattoo on his bicep reading “Deus Vult”, a latin phrase meaning “God wills it”, a rallying cry for Christian crusaders in the Middle Ages.

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

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