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Congo's presidential election is hoped to enable the country's first peaceful, democratic transfer of power since independence from Belgium in 1960.

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When someone is down on their _____, friends are not easy to find.

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While I _____ at the bus stop, three buses went by in the opposite direction.

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“Hollywood's Eve” fills in many of the gaps in our knowledges of Babitz's life and work.

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My brother hopes to travel around the world _____ next summer.

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Over the past 30 years, the average robot price _____ by half in real terms, and even further relative to labor costs.

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If you say bad things about the person who give a job you bite the hand that feeds you.

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These _____ suggest that there is not direct link between unemployment and crime.