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The __________ claims made by the witness about the circumstances of the crime __________ justice.

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Even when he was young, John Thomas expressed a desire to explain the sometimes __________ aspects involved with racial heritage in order to __________ them instead of viewing those aspects as disparate.

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At first __________ by the child’s rapid changes in mood, the teacher later understood it as just the boy’s __________ nature.

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Sally __________ when she saw the __________ height restriction for the roller coaster she had wanted to ride because she assumed that she was not tall enough to ride; while no one under five feet tall could ride with no exceptions, she was luckily exactly that height.

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While Hannah knew that her teacher would consider her claim to have written three lab reports in a single evening __________, she knew that he would not be able to __________ her story because it was true.

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In that scene of the movie, the __________ con man has committed a crime, and __________ the police officer into blaming it on his associate and arresting the wrong man.

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I am not a particularly __________ person, so I have had difficulties __________ into new communities after moving to a new city.

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The ___________ scientist decided that he would attempt to __________ his competitor’s work, making it appear dubious to the general scientific community.

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Sally took a pencil off of the empty desk beside her, thinking that no one wanted it, but it turned out that she had __________ Sam's favorite pencil without knowing it was his; when she learned who it belonged to, she immediately gave it back, having stolen it __________.

The hike that Marty took with his friends followed a __________ route full of twists and turns, and when he began to worry that they were getting lost, he began to __________ in his backpack for the map of the area.