We have taken our examples from idolatrous conditions of life, but examples - if not similar in fact, similar in spirit - could also be found in other conditions. - The National Quarterly Review - Volumes 7-8 (1863)

This slight way of treating both his book and his ancestors nettled little Puddock – who never himself took a liberty, and expected similar treatment – but he knew Sturk, the nature of the beast, and he only bowed grandly […]

During a newscast, while reporting on party unity during the 2008 election year, CNN White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux commented that “nobody's singing 'Kumbaya' just quite yet”

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