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cat in it for example No
“There isn’t a cat in it, for example?” “No.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

criticism in its fierce extravagance now
The criticism in its fierce extravagance now seems amusing.
— from Philip Hale's Boston Symphony Programme Notes by Philip Hale

carrying in its fierce embrace not
Onward it came till the island was reached, when, with an angry roar, it burst into masses of foam, and swept over the devoted spot, carrying in its fierce embrace not only the whole mass of vegetation, but overturning the foundations of the island itself, so that in a few seconds not a vestige remained.
— from The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston

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