[?] poverty still exists in many rural areas.
It's been cold, but today's an [?].
The [?] of Arsenal’s style of football was speed.
The device was thrown at an army patrol but failed to [?].
I've tried to [?] him for what he said.
It provides buoyancy and this, for the bulk of the descendants of these air-breathing pioneers, became a more important [?].

I've never heard anything so [?] in all my life.
Fish [?] from prehistoric sea creatures.
I wouldn't wish such a [?] on my worst enemy.
Police are still investigating the [?] cause of the accident.
I used to have [?] about living in Paris with an artist.
He lifted his T-shirt to [?] a jagged scar across his chest.

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