He said the worst thing for his party would be "if we all went mute" at present.

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Swans are protected birds and the Crown retains the right to ownership of all unmarked mute swans in open water.

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Because I'd tweak this in a heartbeat to mute the deliberately louder commercials that seem all the rage these days.

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All but the children were deaf, mute or both.

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All his fears about the coming months would be mute.

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Tan, chief executive, says the product tackles a key flaw of the Web: For all the talk of interactivity, it is primarily a one-way medium imposed on a mute audience.

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