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aquās properat et mox agrōs nostrōs
2. Mōnstrum saevum per aquās properat et mox agrōs nostrōs vāstābit.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

aquâs properat et mox agrôs nostrôs
2. Mônstrum saevum per aquâs properat et mox agrôs nostrôs vâstâbit.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

and put every muscle and nerve
Wayne gritted his teeth, gulped down a sob, and put every muscle and nerve to the test.
— from For the Honor of the School: A Story of School Life and Interscholastic Sport by Ralph Henry Barbour

a possible existent may also not
What is a possible existent may also not exist.
— from A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik

at parade every morning at nine
This was exactly what they wished; but still there was a certain difficulty; Lieutenant Templemore’s regiment was quartered in a town in Yorkshire, which was some trifling distance from Finsbury Square; and to be at Mr Witherington’s dinner-table at six p.m., with the necessity of appearing at parade every morning at nine a.m., was a dilemma not to be got out of.
— from The Pirate by Frederick Marryat

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