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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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the depredations of war
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Hayes, however, took no action to end depredations against blacks who wanted to vote.
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He will not change and if permitted will repeat the same challenges and depredations in his neighborhood.
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Obviously no species could withstand such depredations for long, although the present losses of habitat may be considered even more serious.
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Settled land in Roman law was to a considerable degree free from the depredations of creditors.
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So, despite the great depredations of the slave trade, there was demographic growth.
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The deeper problems in the art market have to do with the depredations of the auction houses.
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The deer had become very numerous by this time in the New Forest, and there were numerous complaints about their depredations.
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They loot and impose depredations on the countries where they operate.