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The stone’s long and sordid history gave rise to rumors that it could even be cursed.

Their presence has given rise to an economic boost as local industries hire them to fill much-needed roles, but the influx of new residents has also sparked community tensions and strained the city's resources — conflicts that Trump capitalized on during his campaign promise to end the program.

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"We hope to make more progress in understanding the complex mechanisms that give rise to the forms of living things."

His own comment in a newspaper, that the "tectonic plates" in the Labour Party were moving, gave rise to suggestions of manoeuvring within the cabinet.

From BBC

Navin points out that epithelial cells, which line and cover the inside and outside of the body, are the cells that are believed to give rise to cancer.

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

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