Before I set out for the US, a former schoolmate of mine wrote me by airmail, asking me in all earnest to bring him some raw date stones.

动身访美之前，一位旧时同窗写来封航空信，再三托付我为他带几颗生枣核。

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These kinds of jinn can be killed with date or plum stones fired from a sling.

可以用弹弓发射枣核或者李子核射杀这几种精灵。

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The Rolling Stones are to play a second date in Hyde Park following their sold out concert on 6 July.

BBC: Rolling Stones add second Hyde Park concert in July

Poachers often mark their sites by carving the date on rocks, and they frequently leave Mongolian money tucked beneath stones alms to the gods.

NEWYORKER: Bones of Contention