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standing

adjective as in permanent

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If your home is still standing after this year’s wildfires, you may be wondering how to get out the clingy smell of smoke.

A government spokesperson said it was "standing behind" hospitality by cutting 1p off alcohol duty on draught pints from February, and was giving some restaurants, pubs and bars 40% relief from business rates from April.

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“Our house is still standing, but it’s not safe for us to return,” she said of the smoke damage.

“I see immigrants across my city helping neighbors, standing with each other, cleaning up debris, opening their doors to neighbors that lost their homes,” Salas said.

Mr Knight said this warmth was part of her long standing relationship with the Grand, where the funeral of her sister Bernie took place after she too died of cancer in 2013.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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