Would you be surprised if you one day woke up and it was gone?

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As of March of that year, it was gone, replaced by PricewaterhouseCoopers at the annual meeting.

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It was gone by March and, shortly afterward, so was their CFO, Chris Liddell.

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He watched till it was gone, and the double gates were shut behind it.

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"A lot of racial tension has resurfaced but it is not that it was gone, " he says.

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After three years of investing everything we had, all in a day, it seemed, it was gone.

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My eyes followed the little white boat as it moved down the river, past the barges, until it was gone.

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The enormous white mass invading the left lung was much smaller, and within a month it was gone.

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And unlike pretty much any other zucchini dish I can think of, it was gone in under a minute.

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Suddenly, that new year spirit, and the resoluteness along with it was gone.

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For a while, it was no more than a twinkle of dwindling lights, and shortly thereafter it was gone.

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Ashby testified during his trial that Schweitzer asked for the tape when they landed, but later told him it was gone.

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The illusion held for another second, and then it was gone.

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Three years later it was gone and the economy was booming.

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And as soon as it was gone the flow returned.

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By the time he opened the door, it was gone.

NEWYORKER: The Swan

It was gone just as Donal realized he was falling.

NEWYORKER: Bullfighting

We looked at this huge heap of orders or reservations and worked our way down and one day we woke up and it was gone: Now what do we do?

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And with it was gone all hope of marriage.

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Two days later, most of it was gone.

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An hour later, it was gone.

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The next day it was gone.

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Within hours his pain had subsided, and by the end of the week it was virtually gone.

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By the following afternoon, it was all gone.

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By October 2000 it was all gone.

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"I think it was never really gone, but just never really anyone talked about it, " he said.

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Deal mayor Marlene Burnham said last month it was "heraldry gone mad".

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New York (CNN) -- It was dog, gone.

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It was Pinot Noir gone wild.

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It was an ad network algorithm gone mad, but the damage was done.

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