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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a whopping 28% increase
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He managed to get a TV celebrity to open the theatre -- but at a whopping fee.
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In the divorce proceedings, she demanded the car and a whopping two-thirds of the family business.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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The Department of Social Security admitted it was paying their whopping mortgage to stop the mansion being repossessed.
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The second day went through the roof with a whopping 573,604.