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ocean upon the land is established
But though the general fact of an advance of the ocean upon the land is established beyond dispute, the precision of the measurements which have been given is open to question.
— from The Earth as Modified by Human Action by George P. (George Perkins) Marsh

of us to leap in expectation
The dull sound caused the hearts of both of us to leap in expectation.
— from The Tickencote Treasure by William Le Queux

obliged us to leave its extirpation
Our only apology as a nation for its existence, is, that we found it among us, and that an overruling necessity obliged us to leave its extirpation to the hand of time and experience.
— from The Rural Magazine, and Literary Evening Fire-Side, Vol. 1 No. 01 (1820) by Various

on until the liquor is exhausted
The next to drink after the president is his private herald or attendant; after him the chief next in rank and his attendant, and so on until the liquor is exhausted.
— from The Fijians: A Study of the Decay of Custom by Basil Thomson

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