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stood up literally covered in sackcloth
I lay still for a few seconds, but as the tugging continued, I concluded the game was up and I stood up, literally covered in sackcloth and ashes.
— from The Escaping Club by A. J. (Alfred John) Evans

splitting up large communities into smaller
The Guardian fully realizes that the process of splitting up large communities into smaller ones, each existing within its own civil units, has been difficult for the Australian friends.
— from Letters from the Guardian to Australia and New Zealand by Effendi Shoghi

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