Mourners, who were transported to the funeral on buses, dabbed their eyes and noses.

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We scrubbed, rubbed and dabbed our way through a selection of these new lines to uncover our six favorite finds.

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Brinson's mother dabbed tears away from her eyes when James thanked his soon-to-be in-laws for what they do for his family.

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The Blues centre dabbed a delicate grubber ahead, following up to gather for another seven-pointer and the bonus of an extra point.

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Thirty years later, a friend of mine dabbed some spot remover on a sofa, and I instantly recognized the smell of the killing jar.

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She hesitated, took it from me, and dabbed at her nostrils.

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Thousands of mourners in the audience dabbed their eyes with tissues.

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This was discovered when one of the patients was having alcohol dabbed on his chest, and remarked that he could feel it in his missing limb.

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Kraft had previously dabbed with similar relationships, including one with Cooking.com, but this is the first that pairs content with e-commerce and on this scale, it says.

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Other family members dabbed their eyes with tissues and cried.

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Katherine Jackson dabbed her eyes with a tissue.

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The pharmacist dabbed with the rag.

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