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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Jim can trace his bloodlines to the Puritans.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But government through bloodline is vulnerable to the same objections whether it occurs through voting or the passing down of a crown.
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Good, bright, yet for ever passed over and having to report to some nitwit with the right school connections and bloodlines.
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He knew that IsabelIa was a fair-skinned, green-eyed, red-haired woman of the best bloodline .
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In Jude's - or Judas Thomas's - case, there is confirmation of a bloodline .
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The Roosevelts added a dash of upper-crust eccentricity to the bloodlines that extended down to the Alsop boys of Avon.
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This, again, ensures that the pool of breeding stock is continually improved with the introduction of non-related bloodlines.
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Wild specimens should also be bred with domesticated stock to introduce new bloodlines.