Our diplomacy is at work with respect to Iran, where, for the first time in a decade, we've halted the progress of its nuclear program and reduced its stockpile of nuclear material.
— from State of the Union Addresses of Barack Obama, 2009-2016 by Barack Obama
Tired of firing [ 188 ] without being obliged to show any skill, our chasseurs would re-embark in their pirogues and row in search of new amusement,—this was, to shoot at the eagles that came hovering over their heads.
— from Adventures in the Philippine Islands by Paul P. de La Gironière
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