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sleepy a little anxious cry Is that you
I called gently, and after a few repetitions I heard her voice, rather sleepy, a little anxious, cry, "Is that you, Duffer?" "Yes," I whispered, seeing the tent quiver in the region of some big cushiony buttons.
— from It Happened in Egypt by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

seems almost like a contradiction in terms yet
The statement seems almost like a contradiction in terms, yet it is entirely true, that, simply because the Allied submarines did not have to hold themselves constantly ready to submerge, they could in fact spend a considerable part of their time under the water, for they were not compelled to economize electric power so strictly.
— from The Victory At Sea by Burton Jesse Hendrick

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