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The engineer had to take the pressure off of the box from the ball because the 
Here's how I want to continue it: box would have exploded.

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Carrie volunteered to hold the hawk while Jennifer just watched because 
Here's how I want to continue it: Carrie was comfortable with birds.

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The cool teenager preferred the jeans over the corduroys, although 
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jeans were very unfashionable.