Topics: NASA; Famous Americans: Jackie Robinson; conference versus meeting versus session; second to none; narrative versus story Words: outer space to spur on space race advocate to orbit height of (something) league segregated fan racial slur to un

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Topics: Fraternities and sororities; the foster care and adoption system; scholarship versus grant; commie Words: fraternity sorority rush to pledge initiation ceremony service organization hazing exclusionary to take (someone) in foster care to adop

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Topics: U.S. government reparations; TV home shopping networks/shows; neither do I versus so do I versus either I; to talk with versus to talk to; to put the cart before the horse (to put the horse before the cart) Words: reparations to make up for (

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Topics: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Joshua Tree National Park; to the extent that versus in light of versus in the face of; Im going versus Im going to; adverb placement - accidentally Words: cuckoo asylum to fake to serve (one's) sentence to an

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Topics: Ask an American: Artists as ambassadors; log versus timber versus lumber; to bump into Words: concept narrative partner to realize spiteful collaboration like-minded creative to sponsor vision to engage propaganda lasting log timber lumber to

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Topics: Charles Manson and the Tate murders; air marshals; to reach versus to arrive; to go off; to be out of (ones) league Words: troubled armed robbery following conspiracy death sentence cult air marshal undercover to disarm in pairs background in

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Topics: American Presidents: George Washington; SeaWorld; power versus force; The Hurt Locker and Inglorious Basterds; How bad can it get? Words: colonel to resign to boycott unanimously to set precedent hatchet dentures sea ride roller coaster attra

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Topics: Ask an American: Commuting; start versus begin versus start off versus start on; a place to live versus a place to live in; might-have-been Words: congestion central public transportation to switch over to gradually rush hour peak in excess a

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Topics: Famous Songs: God Bless America and Kate Smith; The American Girl Dolls; provided that versus as long as; g as in gansta; to suck Words: patriotic to set (something) aside prayer to bless to stand beside foam rendition seventh-inning stretch

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Topics: Famous Americans: Eleanor Roosevelt; Renaissance fairs; admit versus confess; mix versus blend; chick flick Words: paralyzed to stick by (ones) side First Lady role newspaper column press conference civil rights delegate instrumental period c

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Topics: Ask an American: sleep and weight gain; to slip through (one's) fingers; drink versus beverage; individually versus separately versus independently Words: pretty much anecdotally largely half-eaten buffet to shift to graze shift worker disrup

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Topics: Famous Americans: Janis Joplin; compulsory education and truancy laws; to bask; to brace; to palm off; to follow ones hunch(es) Words: blues to catch the attention of lead singer solo artist to struggle with to relapse compulsory to play hook

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Topics: The medical marijuana controversy; Famous Americans: Woody Allen; sky versus skies; meltdown and crack down; less is more/more is less; pronunciations of live Words: medical properties chemotherapy nausea appetite to prescribe dispensary cann

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Disneyland; government property seizures and auctions; state; on the prowl; pronouncing the vowel i and the vowel combinations ee and ea; time after time Words: theme park ride fantasy frontier to seize property tied to to make way for auction bid su

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Topics: Social networking; government-run lotteries; the use of on with the days of the week; to travel in/by; individual versus personal Words: social networking application post to keep in touch privacy discreet lottery scratcher / scratch-it ticke

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Topics: American Cities: Milwaukee; Neighborhood Watch/Citizens Arrest; to look versus to look like; not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin; pretty + (adjective) Words: brewery on the shores of waterway per-capita violent crime suspicious to interven

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Topics: Classic game shows; the sister cities program; beyond a reasonable doubt; infinite versus permanent versus eternal; forward versus forwards Words: game show classic on the air to make a comeback contestant showcase deal newlywed to make whoop

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Topics: Types of prisons and the parole system; American cities: Austin; using prepositions with the days of the week; for the world to owe (one) something; late/early morning, afternoon, and evening Words: prison to pose a threat solitary confinemen

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Topics: Ask an American: The Cherokee Language; regard versus consider; remember versus memorize; knock on wood Words: tense tone inflection bits and pieces from the heart to provide for trustworthy foster as if to regard to consider to remember to m

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Topics: Ask an American: The Princess and the Frog; pronouncing address; to cut the bull/ bullsh*t; outspoken versus vocal Words: fairy tale extension of (ones) disbelief dreamland hand-drawn down here to break (someones) heart merger to bring back t

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