spirit

We will all miss her generousspirit.

away the wives and children of his enemies.

temper or disposition of mind or outlook especially when vigorous or animated

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augurycensorinvocationluciditymetempsychosismojonuminouspreternaturalweirdwraith

Had one arrived, the first team, hiding in their dormitory, would have been

Ending six years of international seclusion, Kim was

Superwomen like Kate Spade smile to hide the pain. Time to hang up the cape and live,

mom to confident middle-aged vixen, and not even overnight.

Some religions believe that the samespiritis reincarnated many times in different bodies.

Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French,espirit, spirit, from Latinspiritus, literally, breath, fromspirareto blow, breathe

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The singer wasspiritedaway in a limousine after the show.

:the force within a person that is believed to give the body life, energy, and power

the activating or essential principle influencing a person

to carry off secretly or mysteriously

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and lighting the candles on birthday cakes, and my grief was too hard for them?

alcohol,drink,inebriant,intoxicant,liquor,moonshine;

Danica Patrick talks final race of her career ahead of 2018 Indy 500,

of merrymaking, Russell Westbrook, Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid and her brother, Anwar, gamely took shots.

a usually volatile organic solvent (as an alcohol, ester, or hydrocarbon)

a person having a character or disposition of a specified nature

spiritalso suggests a quality of temperament enabling one to hold ones own or keep up ones morale when opposed or threatened.

Kim family has made denuclearization vows in China before,

the immaterial intelligent or sentient part of a person

a supernatural being or essence: such as

Last year a Guatemalan journalist named Harris Whitbeck started a program that encourages locals and visitors to paint the town, in the hope of raising its

Music, street performers and gumbo help turn Joliet into New Orleans North,

promulgateto make known by open declaration

:the inner quality or nature of a person

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of New Orleans Jazz Fest collectible posters, the fest even has its own posters for sale.

A decade of friendship, of me lifting their

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away by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 80s, apparently to help train the regimes spies in language and culture.

away data on 57 million customers and drivers in 2016, and the company fired two top security executives.

an alcoholic solution of a volatile substance

Yoga is very healthy for both body andspirit.

In Baghdad, a sense of home resurfaces a decade after ethnic cleansing,

into Beijing by special train under tight security like his father before him.

insubordinatedisobedient to authority

A Monster in the Mold of Hannibal Lecter Haunts The Sandman,

mettlesuggests an ingrained capacity for meeting strain or difficulty with fortitude and resilience.

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Thirteen years earlier, Joona interfered with the Sandman scheme, which had Jurek

Waymo and Uber end trial with sudden $244 million settlement,

an alcoholic solution of a volatile substance

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a special attitude or frame of mind

the liquid containing ethanol and water that is distilled from an alcoholic liquid or mash

St. Frances football to play national schedule this fall, issues joint statement with Calvert Hall,

an often malevolent being that is bodiless but can become visible;

across state lines for the glory of that rival city, Philadelphia.

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to six different hideouts while being held captive for 82 days.

tenacityadds toresolutionimplications of stubborn persistence and unwillingness to admit defeat.

a lively or brisk quality in a person or a persons actions

an animating or vital principle held to give life to physical organisms

resolutionstresses firm determination to achieve ones ends.

When Loyola-Chicago Broke a Racial Barrier 55 Years Ago,

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a force within a human being thought to give the body life, energy, and power

of the event, many spectators wheeled their own bicycles along the race route.

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a usually volatile organic solvent (such as an alcohol, ester, or hydrocarbon)

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a being (as a ghost) whose existence cannot be explained

Japan frets about Trumps looming talks with North Korea,

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On a much smaller scale, the citys residents fumedHosack prominent among themwhen a mastodon fossil excavated in the Hudson Valley was

But Deanna turns from annoyingly school-

an inclination, impulse, or tendency of a specified kind

promulgateto make known by open declaration

any of various volatile liquids obtained by distillation or cracking (as of petroleum, shale, or wood)

Its a whole day of excitement: Cycling fans, Sac State graduates converge downtown The Sacramento Bee,

Weekiversary, monthiversary, blogiversary?

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:to carry (someone or something) away secretly

No matter the outcome, Patrick will continue to fuel her competitive

Some of the funds had beenspirited awayto other accounts.

clemencymerciful treatment of someone who could be given harsh punishment

Mount Saint Josephs initial statement cited safety and St. Frances high number of transfers not being in the

a mental disposition characterized by firmness or assertiveness

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the liquid containing ethyl alcohol and water that is distilled from an alcoholic liquid or mash

couragemettlespiritresolutiontenacitymean mental or moral strength to resist opposition, danger, or hardship.courageimplies firmness of mind and will in the face of danger or extreme difficulty.

a malevolent being that enters and possesses a human being

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To the copper box, considerable new material had been added, telling the later story of Los Angeles and of The Times in the

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Al-Adel is known to readers of The Christian Science Monitor as the place where correspondent Jill Carroll was kidnapped by Al Qaeda operatives on Jan. 7, 2006, and

Review: Melissa McCarthys C-grade college comedy Life of the Party is a Greek tragedy,

clemencymerciful treatment of someone who could be given harsh punishment

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In November 2017, Khosrowshahi disclosed that Uber had paid out hackers who

God in the form of a spirit in Christianity

insubordinatedisobedient to authority

the feeling, quality, or disposition characterizing something