The sergeant who was leading the crews rubbed up-rushed up and said, sir, what happened?

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Mr Obama and Mr Netanyahu have rubbed each other up the wrong way so many times in the past that it is a wonder that the friction has not started any serious fires.

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Because even soundly sleeping watchdogs like the Federal Trade Commission tend to wake up once their noses are rubbed in a blatant stinker.

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Vivien rubbed at his wrist so tenderly that I found myself welling up.

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The remedies, however, are still alarming: hemlock to dry up milk when weaning, hare's brain to be rubbed on teething gums.

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Sometimes the skin is rubbed with malt sugar to give it an amber colour and is then hung up to air dry before roasting in the oven.

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