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sledges with ash runners varied enormously
Our own sledges with ash runners varied enormously.
— from The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

stagnant waters and rank vegetation engender
They are not, however, confined to the plains, but of course are more prevalent where marshes, stagnant waters, and rank vegetation engender vapours rising in the summer.
— from Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Thomas Forester

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