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Example sentences for: thing

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While deregulation undoubtedly has been a good thing overall, and while super-saver fares are often astonishingly low, the last few years have seen a dramatic rise in the price of tickets purchased without any advance notice (what they call business fares, since only business travelers can afford them).
Doesn't this whole thing violate current copyright laws left and right?
He resisted the urge to say what must have been on the mind of nearly everyone present at the 90-minute demonstration: Why don't we turn this damn thing off and have a real conversation?
But it doesn't take a bleeding heart liberal to rally behind a cause and do the right thing."
Do not expect subdued taste and restraint" (the Chicago Sun-Times ). A few feel that Anderson doesn't pull it off: Magnolia , a "big, showy flower of a movie, unfurls brilliantly, each plot petal a thing of exquisite design.