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much as they could have enjoyed the sports
Their parents did not miss the humor of the situation, and I think enjoyed these preparations and incidental discomforts for the sake of pleasure as much as they could have enjoyed the sports themselves, when the time came.
— from The Car That Went Abroad: Motoring Through the Golden Age by Albert Bigelow Paine

Miridoff and tightly clasped her ears to shut
As the concluding bars of the gipsy ritual rose from around her, she snatched her hand from the grasp of Miridoff and tightly clasped her ears to shut out the sound.
— from The Amateur Diplomat: A Novel by Thomas B. (Thomas Bertram) Costain

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