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effect reap win earn bring

SYN: Acquire, provide, gain, get, contrive, effect, reap, win, earn, bring about.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

eastern room was entered by

The eastern room was entered by the doorway shown in the illustration, which is 2 feet above the ground and 2 feet high.
— from The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 by Cosmos Mindeleff

early race was exterminated by

There is no proof that the early race was exterminated by the bronze-using people.
— from Stonehenge, Today and Yesterday by Frank Stevens

entire recitation will employ but

It may sometimes happen that an entire recitation will employ but one of these methods, the whole time being given either to reciting upon topics, to a lecture or discussion by the teacher, or to a series of questions and answers.
— from How to Teach Religion Principles and Methods by George Herbert Betts

elm ranks with elm but

Oak follows oak and elm ranks with elm, but the woodlands are pleasant; however many times reduplicated, their beauty only increases.
— from The Life of the Fields by Richard Jefferies

existing religions were erroneous but

The reply was, that all existing religions were erroneous, but that the pure doctrine and crowning dispensation of Christianity should at a future period be miraculously revealed to himself.
— from The International Magazine, Volume 4, No. 5, December 1851 by Various

ever revolted was easily brought

I was always the undisputed chief of the band; Titi, the only one who ever revolted, was easily brought to terms; the children seemed to wish to please me in everything, and that made it very easy for me to manage them.
— from The Story of a Child by Pierre Loti

English reader was executed by

The translation of the Orlando Furioso through which that singular work of genius had just become known to the English reader, was executed by sir John Harrington, the same who afterwards composed for Henry prince of Wales, the Brief View of the English Church, the godson of Elizabeth, and the child of her faithful servants James Harrington and Isabella Markham.
— from Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

each room was entered by

The outer walls were plastered, and each room was entered by a separate doorway.
— from Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park: Cliff Palace by Jesse Walter Fewkes

every rebel would escape before

What the boys were really afraid of was that every rebel would escape before they could use their handcuffs and ropes.
— from The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln by Dixon, Thomas, Jr.

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