| ___ up (absorbs) |
The Atlantic |
24 Mar 2026 |
| ___ up (absorbs) |
USA Today |
19 Mar 2026 |
| ___ up (absorbs) |
USA Today |
17 Mar 2026 |
| Soaks (up) |
New York Times |
29 Dec 2025 |
| Soaks (up) |
Universal |
24 Dec 2025 |
| Absorbs, with "up" |
Universal |
05 Dec 2025 |
| ___ up (absorbs) |
Universal |
31 Aug 2025 |
| Minor concessions eliminate tension during checks |
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| Absorbs, with "up" |
Universal |
18 Jun 2025 |
| Concessions like this given with additional note (4) |
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| Placatory concessions |
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| Operation aboard ship to produce carrots (4) |
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| Soaks (up) |
New York Times |
07 Apr 2025 |
| Soaks up |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Mar 2025 |
| Bread pieces in liquid |
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| Soaks |
USA Today Quick |
02 Mar 2025 |
| Bribes |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Feb 2025 |
| Is thoroughly wet |
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| Concessions one takes up by absorption (4) |
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| Soaks (up) |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Dec 2024 |
| Propitiatory gifts (4) |
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| Invalid diet for soaks (4) |
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| Bribes with work on board (4) |
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| Concessions |
New York Times |
25 Oct 2024 |
| Concessions |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Oct 2024 |
| Soaks |
USA Today Quick |
08 Oct 2024 |
| Concessions |
New York Times |
05 Oct 2024 |
| Concessions for high voices? |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Oct 2024 |
| Absorbs, with "up" |
New York Times |
24 Sep 2024 |
| Drenches |
New York Times |
20 Sep 2024 |
| Soaks (up) |
LA Times Daily |
18 Sep 2024 |
| Bribes given as an afterthought |
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| Soaks (up) |
Universal |
05 Aug 2024 |
| Soaks in gravy |
Commuter |
09 Jul 2024 |
| Soaks (up) |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jun 2024 |
| Absorbs with bread |
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| Thoroughly drenches |
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| Soaks (up) |
Universal |
25 May 2024 |
| Soaks (ups) |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 May 2024 |
| Propitiatory gifts that one soaks up (4) |
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| Soaks food |
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| Concessionary gifts for work in the ship (4) |
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| Liquid-absorbing substances |
New York Times Mini |
08 Mar 2024 |
| Clean up in West Indies' exercise routine (4) |
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| Bribes |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Jan 2024 |
| ___ up (absorbs) |
USA Today |
10 Dec 2023 |
| ___ up (absorbs, like a sponge) |
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| Soaks (up) |
New York Times |
30 Nov 2023 |
| Pacifying offers |
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| Conciliatory gifts |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Nov 2023 |
| Soaks (up) |
Universal |
14 Jun 2023 |
| Soaks (up) |
LA Times Daily |
23 Apr 2023 |
| Soaks, with "up" |
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| Soaks (up) |
Universal |
25 Jan 2023 |
| Dips in gravy |
New York Times |
05 Jan 2023 |
| Soaks (up) |
LA Times Daily |
29 Dec 2022 |
| Soaks, with "up" |
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| Soaks (up) |
New York Times |
10 Dec 2022 |
| Drenches |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Oct 2022 |
| Conciliatory gestures |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Sep 2022 |
| Soaks (up) |
New York Times |
31 Jul 2022 |
| ___ up (absorbs with bread) |
Universal |
24 Jul 2022 |
| Soaks (up) |
New York Times |
04 Jul 2022 |
| Absorbs, with ''up'' |
Newsday |
08 Jun 2022 |
| Absorbs, with "up" |
LA Times Daily |
17 Apr 2022 |
| Absorbs, with 'up' |
|
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| Conciliatory gestures |
LA Times Daily |
12 Feb 2022 |
| Conciliatory gestures |
|
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| Absorbs, as with bread |
New York Times |
07 Dec 2021 |
| Soaks (up) |
|
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| Absorbs, with "up" |
Universal |
02 Dec 2021 |
| Soaks (up) |
Newsday |
29 Sep 2021 |
| Bribes |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Apr 2021 |
| Bribes |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Apr 2021 |
| Soaks (up) |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Jan 2021 |
| Absorbs, with "up" |
LA Times Daily |
27 Dec 2020 |
| Absorbs, with 'up' |
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| Concessions |
New York Times |
03 Oct 2020 |
| Soaks (up) |
Newsday |
29 Sep 2020 |
| Absorbs, with ''up'' |
Newsday |
18 Sep 2020 |
| Soaks up |
Thomas Joseph |
15 May 2020 |
| Illegal payments |
LA Times Daily |
17 Apr 2020 |
| Illegal payments |
|
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| Soaks (up) |
New York Times |
06 Mar 2020 |
| Soaks (up) |
|
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| Soaks (up) |
LA Times Daily |
05 Feb 2020 |
| Absorbs, with "up" |
Universal |
20 Aug 2019 |
| Call for help about parking concessions |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Jul 2019 |
| Bribes |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Apr 2019 |
| Bribes |
|
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| Absorbs, with "up" |
|
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| Soaks (up) |
|
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| Concessions |
|
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| Payoffs or bribes |
Universal |
17 Dec 2018 |
| Placatory offerings |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Dec 2018 |
| Absorbs, with 'up' |
New York Times |
14 Nov 2018 |
| Minor concessions |
New York Times |
06 Oct 2018 |
| Soaks up |
|
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| Dips in liquid |
Universal |
14 Jul 2018 |
| Soaks (up) |
|
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| Conciliatory gifts |
Universal |
14 May 2018 |
| Conciliatory gestures |
|
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| Conciliatory gestures |
LA Times Daily |
05 Apr 2018 |
| Soaks in gravy |
Universal |
10 Mar 2018 |
| Gravy soaker-uppers |
Universal |
28 Feb 2018 |
| Gravy absorbers |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Feb 2018 |
| Conciliatory gestures |
|
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| Dips in liquid |
|
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| Payoffs or bribes |
|
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| Placatory offerings |
|
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| Absorbs, with "up" |
|
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| Minor concessions |
|
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| Conciliatory gifts |
|
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| Gravy soaker-uppers |
|
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| Gravy absorbers |
Universal |
06 Dec 2017 |
| Bread-in-gravy actions |
Universal |
03 Dec 2017 |
| Gravy or sauce picker-uppers |
USA Today |
26 Sep 2017 |
| Finishes (up) the gravy |
LA Times Daily |
15 Sep 2017 |
| Finishes (up) the gravy |
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| Gravy sucker-uppers |
Universal |
11 Sep 2017 |
| Bribes storyteller to ignore casualty |
|
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| Bribes singers briefly |
|
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| Gravy go-withs |
New York Times |
17 Mar 2017 |
| Concessions for son having surgical procedures |
|
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| Absorbs, with 'up' |
|
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| Gravy sucker-uppers |
|
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| Soaks (up) |
|
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| Finishes (up) the gravy |
|
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| Bread-in-gravy actions |
|
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| Gravy absorbers |
|
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| Gravy or sauce picker-uppers |
|
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| Gravy go-withs |
|
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| Absorbs (with "up") |
Universal |
10 Oct 2016 |
| Absorbs, with "up" |
USA Today |
25 Jun 2016 |
| Dips bread in gravy |
Family Time |
30 May 2016 |
| Conciliatory offerings |
|
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| Bribes |
Universal |
08 Feb 2016 |
| Absorbs, with "up" |
|
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| Bribes |
|
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| Dips bread in gravy |
USA Today |
25 Dec 2015 |
| Eats gravy with bread |
Universal |
29 Jul 2015 |
| Concessions? There's urgent request to keep quiet |
|
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| Chunks of bread for stew, e.g |
New York Times |
25 May 2015 |
| Soaks (up) |
Universal |
16 Jan 2015 |
| Eats gravy with bread |
|
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| Soaks (up) |
|
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| Soaks (up) |
|
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| Absorbs (with "up") |
|
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| Illegal payments |
|
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| Chunks of bread for stew, e.g. |
|
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| Dips bread in gravy |
|
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| Illegal payments |
|
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| Biscuits and rolls, sometimes |
|
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| Gets up all the gravy, in a way |
|
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| Conciliatory gifts |
|
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| Payoffs |
|
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| Little bribes |
|
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| Absorbs, as liquid (with "up") |
|
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| Conciliatory offers |
|
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| Absorbs, with "up" |
|
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| Conciliatory offers |
|
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| Incentives to cooperate |
|
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| Absorbs (with "up") |
|
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| Absorbs, with "up" |
|
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| Pacifiers |
|
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| Payoffs |
|
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| Dips bread in gravy |
|
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| Gravy absorbers |
|
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| Bribes |
|
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| Soaks (up) |
|
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| Finishes (up) the gravy |
|
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| Bribes |
|
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| Bribes |
|
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| Conciliatory gifts |
|
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| Conciliatory gestures |
|
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| Saturates |
|
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| Concessions |
|
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| Cleans (up) using Bounty |
|
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| Cleans (up) using Bounty |
|
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| Small bribes |
|
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| Soaks (up), as with a paper towel |
|
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| Dips in 72 Down |
|
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| Soaks (up), as with a paper towel |
|
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| Drenches |
|
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| Saturates |
|
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| Dips in gravy |
|
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| Absorbs, with "up" |
|
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| Absorbs, with "up" |
|
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| Bribes |
|
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| Conciliatory gestures |
|
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| Food eaten with gravy |
|
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| Bread pieces, to fondue |
|
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| Dips bread in gravy |
|
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| Gets the last of the gravy |
|
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| Soaks in gravy |
|
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| Soaks (up) |
|
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| Saturates |
|
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| Dips in gravy |
|
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| Peace offerings |
|
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| Absorbs gravy with bread, e.g. |
|
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| Gravy absorbers |
|
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| Absorbs gravy with bread |
|
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| Soaks (up) |
|
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| Absorbs, with "up" |
|
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| Drenches |
|
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| Pieces of solid food for dipping |
|
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| Soaks (up) |
|
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| Saturates |
|
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| Progresso products |
|
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| Drenches |
|
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| Gravy absorbers |
|
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| Soaks up |
|
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| Dips in liquid |
|
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| Gravy absorbers |
|
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| Dips in gravy |
|
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| Soaks up, as gravy |
|
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| Conciliatory gifts |
|
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| Takes up |
|
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| Soaks |
|
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| Absorbs gravy with bread |
|
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| Bribes |
|
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| Absorbs, with 'up' |
|
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| Dips in gravy |
|
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| Dipping breads |
|
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| How it's done for short |
|
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| Little bribes |
|
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| Conciliatory gestures |
|
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| Drenches |
|
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| Dowses |
|
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| Drenches |
|
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| Soaks up |
|
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| CEOs establish these |
|
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| Kickbacks |
|
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| Wets |
|
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| Saturates |
|
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| Payoffs |
|
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| Drenches |
|
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| Rolls, for stew |
|
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| Placebos |
|
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| Soaks |
|
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| Bribes |
|
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| Wets thoroughly |
|
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| Small bribes |
|
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| Conciliatory gifts |
|
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| Douceurs |
|
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| Soaks up |
|
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| Petty bribes |
|
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| Conciliatory gifts. |
|
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| Soaks in. |
|
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| Drenches. |
|
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| Oozes through. |
|
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| Dips in liquid. |
|
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| Soaks up. |
|
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| Dunks. |
|
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| Soaks in liquid. |
|
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| Douceurs. |
|
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| Soaks through. |
|
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| Bribes. |
|
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| Steeps. |
|
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| Soaks. |
|
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| Pacifiers. |
|
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| Steeps in liquid. |
|
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| Becomes wet. |
|
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| Percolates. |
|
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| Dunks |
|
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| Placebos. |
|
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| Appeasing gifts. |
|
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| Things given in reward or appeasement. |
|
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| Concessions for appeasement. |
|
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| Morsels of appeasement. |
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| Dips bread in gravy |
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