Stories

The person [who an]swers the phone says I can put *down* cash in <exchange> for the KNIFE. "Be sure to hold it in the CENTER of your HAND!" they warn.
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My <center>piece, a *layered* cake, heav[y on g]anache, makes everyone <BEG> to know how I bake with such panache.
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Many TIMES Laura walks the beach, SEASHELLs hoping to sell, raising <CAPITAL> for a ki[d's i]ndoor gym, which she'll name Sally's Seashell.
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A ra[ging] ICE storm covers the car from *top to bottom* with ICE. After the storm I STRIVE to <clean> the car and make it look nice.
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"Why does the <song> make BIG BROTHER and I *cross* the room and hu[g? "U]nder Pressure" reminds us of Grandma, to whom we OWE a lot," I shrug.
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From the TEMPLE on the MOUNTAIN's <peak>, I point *down* at the village. "They're in dan[ger]!" I shriek.
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Each PERSON's <serve>ed by TEMPLE clergy devout, even people in tattered [shi]rts, *down*-and-out.
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At the TEMPLE, feeling pre[ssure] to share a few WORDS and not [shir]k my obligations, I read aloud a <poem> that reaches people*cross* generations.
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Before [dy]ing, <INTEND>ing to show how to <TREAT> others with humility, he gets *down* and washes desert-STEPping feet. TEMPLEs adopt this practice.
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In his HAND Charlie <hold>s the TEMPLE key. He'll <PERSEVERE> and continue to <MANAGE> it. It's his na[ture].
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Despite the ICE storm, the [Hun]s, NOSEs <very> cold, march a [hun]dred STEPs *down* into the *valley* and *up* out of it again.
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Anne SUMMONs us to help get the fallen tree out of the <pond> WATER. It's most difficult to dislo[dge ou]ter branches.
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