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But the dream of a new dawn was short lived—at least a democratic one.

But assuming things were ever that hopeful, heaven was short-lived, and trouble followed.

I sang for a second in a rock cover band in college, but that was pretty short-lived.

I watched Tarzan movies and the short-lived Tarzan TV series.

Without the community, the ultimate destiny of any preservation project, no matter how ambitious, will be short-lived.

But the rumble of distant guns told the destroyer that his short-lived hour of triumph was nearly sped.

In 1826 Desroches made a short-lived attempt to marry Malvina d'Aldrigger.

During this period of the Renaissance, as Hadria afterwards called the short-lived epoch, little Martha was visited frequently.

The Bostonians met with a cold reception, and the short-lived pleasure was condemned as a nuisance.

"But I——" It was the courage of desperation—short-lived, alas!

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

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