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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As the sun rose higher, millions of midges emerged.
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But it was no better outside: midges boiled in clouds out of the sodden peat around the saw-bed and the timber stacks.
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Designed to be worn under a jacket to protect face and neck from midges and mosquitoes.
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How the rose midge got to California is a mystery, but Villegas said it was inevitable.
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That when it did, she believed that they would be obliterated totally, like midges slapped into nothingness by a giant.
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The air was breathlessly still, spent with raining, and coils of midges spiralled silently up and down.
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We all had a good cry and presents and kisses flew around like so many midges.