The result was the mass workplace expulsions in July 1920 which severely weakened trade union organization in the city. |
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He is behind in development, can't castle kingside and his queenside is weakened. |
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His renal system, in addition to being weakened from the accumulative effect of many infections, also suffered from his overuse of alcohol. |
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The social hierarchies to which it was attached were as likely to be weakened as strengthened by such a model. |
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Marriage has also been weakened by the ease with which you can now obtain a divorce. |
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Reduced diet meant starvation and weakened resistance to illness and disease. |
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Forecasters say the storm has weakened but could strengthen again before it hits Florida. |
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Their powers had been weakened and there was not a great deal they could have done about it. |
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While the position of the crown had weakened, the power of the state had grown. |
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The government announced it would go ahead anyway, but its authority had been weakened. |
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She hates this kind of thing normally, but all the hype and good reviews weakened her resolve. |
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His squad may be physically weakened, but he believes their resolve remains strong. |
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As with ramose colonies, frondose forms were weakened when Sanctum laurentiensis mined out large chambers. |
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From a purely cricketing perspective, so what if Australia play a weakened Zimbabwe. |
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That mobile phone companies should find themselves weakened just as the sector was about take off makes many afraid for its future stability. |
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Fortunately, the strength of the squad is such that, whoever takes the field, the side will not be seriously weakened. |
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The seasonal decay of the wild man's realm in the fall, then, was a sign that the regenerative powers of those spirits had weakened. |
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Even if the party holds on to the government, the position of the president and his government would be weakened. |
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Since one wall was completely knocked down two weeks ago, two more knocks have left the other cracked and weakened. |
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As universities accommodated this changing clientele, boundaries weakened between regions, towns, classes, races, and the sexes. |
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These forces have also weakened labor movements in many other industrial countries. |
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This means the role of the market in allocating resources has been weakened. |
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I squeezed as much water out as my relaxed and weakened muscles would allow, took out the plug and stepped out of the tub. |
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I will increase my investment in British commercial property, as prices have weakened and rental yields are strong. |
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This was because of its repressiveness, which weakened its apparatus and opened up the need for public participation. |
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The drugs used to prevent the body rejecting the new heart adversely weakened his resistance to infection. |
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As her voice resounded throughout the cavern, the weakened walls began to shake and crumbled. |
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Imports outweighed exports, and resultant trade deficits weakened states already in a downward economic spiral. |
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The first, a yeast, can be especially lethal to individuals with weakened immune systems. |
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Now America has had to pay the price for ignoring loud warnings about the weakened levees of New Orleans. |
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Other symptoms include decreased libido, mood swings and a weakened immune system. |
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In addition, military planners weakened the right wing by flirting with a double-wing envelopment. |
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He gripped the sharp stick, half as tall as he, tightly, his powerful muscles striated and weakened from the terrible fen. |
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It was an attempt by a weakened government to placate right-wing critics in Britain. |
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The contribution of the global research community to the creation and application of medical technologies for these countries is weakened. |
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Rogue states are dwindling in number and are weakened by flawed economic policies, isolation, and illegitimacy. |
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A live weakened virus vaccine is effective in preventing some of these diseases. |
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Her mother stumbled and fell against a wall, and the movement brought down a weakened timber from the roof. |
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They will be more gravely weakened if pension funds, an enduring locus of labor power, are privatized. |
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But the arsenal of restrictive tools available to states to retain capital inside their borders has also been weakened by globalization. |
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Although the open admissions policy was weakened, its critics continued to assail it. |
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The fall of the dollar has further weakened the company because the value of its US sales were reduced when converted back to euro. |
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When the mud gets baked by the sun, spreading cracks curve around the weakened edge of this column and so bypass the insect. |
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The empire eventually weakened due to large-scale corruption and nepotism, overtaxation, and misrule. |
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Now, with Labour weakened and the opposition parties strengthened, the scene is set for some tough political bargaining. |
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As the central authority of the state has weakened, so it has become an economic and political backwater. |
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As the Russian Empire expanded in the 1600s, German military control of the Baltic region weakened. |
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However, his arguments for theism are significantly weakened because many are based on the assumption of the big bang and related concepts. |
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If the South seceded, the European superpowers would have cooked, carved and devoured the weakened American eagle. |
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However there seems little benefit in Australia thrashing a Zimbabwean team, weakened by the absence of all its best players. |
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His protagonists, with few exceptions, are driven to self-destruction or weakened to the point of being destroyed. |
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But in one who often contemplates the certainty of old age, the pride of youth will either vanish entirely or will be weakened. |
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She may not even last till the end of her six-year term if she is weakened by any disenchantment. |
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The stock scandal has weakened both Mercury's prestige and its management structure. |
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The group of wipes includes at least three wipes separably joined together, each separable wipe joined to each adjacent wipe by a weakened line. |
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The approach starts with a weakened version of a microbe called an adenovirus. |
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Making sure no one saw her in such a weakened state, she tottered slowly toward her room. |
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I imagined just touching his weakened body, and it breaking into shards like a china doll. |
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The tsunami, ash blanket and destruction of Thira greatly weakened the dominant Minoans. |
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Congressional doves, by uniting around a strong offensive eschewing triangulation weakened the president. |
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A good biography is weakened by not giving the major biographical facts due prominence. |
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The resolution was sponsored by the United States, though trimmed and weakened under pressure from various security Council members. |
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He points out that landowners have weakened the case for shutting access, by allowing deer stalking from last week. |
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The deleterious consumption of monoxides and dioxides has also weakened my mental acuity, sensitivity and enthusiasm. |
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His story completed, the chilled and weakened Victor Frankenstein died there on the ice-bound ship, unavenged. |
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This is dangerous as some of the tyres don't go down but are weakened, which could cause blowouts. |
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She tried to struggle but she was becoming unconscious and her body was now weakened. |
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Many kids with muscular dystrophy also have weakened heart and respiratory muscles. |
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Her slender body glided gracefully, never once bending the weakened branches. |
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His reform strategies tend to be weakened either by vagueness or internal contradiction. |
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If a tooth has been broken, or weakened by a lot of decay or a large filling, a crown can be fitted to strengthen it. |
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Because the shunt path creates a short circuit, the varistor and the line fuse are subject to be damaged or weakened in the process. |
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It is apparent that mining of bryozoan branches weakened them, thus making them subject more readily to breakage by wave action. |
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The non-contagious disease affects horses and humans and can be fatal to the elderly and those with weakened immune systems. |
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Also, if cuts are present in the tyre wall, the tyre can be weakened, making it dangerous. |
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In abandoning non-violent mass action or worker organization they fatally weakened themselves. |
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If industry profits continue to be squeezed by a weakened economy and an increasing number of problem loans, Young says mergers are assured. |
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The weakened side were hammered 62-2 and they could face another beating this week unless some players choose to return. |
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Many had off-centre bores, which affected not only accuracy but also greatly weakened their breech ends, rendering them liable to burst. |
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A whiff of corn dust was sent my way by that day's early season harvesters of our spotty, weakened crop. |
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Don't cheat your users by giving them dramatically simplified or weakened versions of the software being used by your help desk personnel. |
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England, said the study group, had outstanding central defenders, but were weakened by key players not being fit. |
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Second-trimester miscarriage often is caused by problems with the uterus or by a weakened cervix that dilates prematurely. |
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As a result of this high-handed attitude the credibility of the ministry has been severely weakened and it will take time for it to be rebuilt. |
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A thoracic aortic aneurysm is a diseased, weakened, and bulging section of the aorta in the chest. |
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Uneven road surfaces stressed the joint where the lead trailer attached to the truck, and weakened the frame. |
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They don't have swish lobbyists and massive advertising budgets, only the funds put up by weakened trade unions. |
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Suddenly, you find you are surrounded by sedan-chair bearers who track you closely, like lions hunting for weakened antelope. |
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But certainly after years of warlike and spiritual struggling with powers of the counterreformation, Hussitism weakened inside and out. |
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If the stream is weakened, this part of Europe could experience a mini ice age with all of its devastating effects. |
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The only downside is the vigour of the tree, which is weakened by the sap sucking of the coccids. |
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Other risk factors include poor diet, smoking and a weakened immune system. |
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In comparison with people not in hospital, they are more likely to have a weakened immune system. |
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Even earthquakes alone can be strong enough to trigger the collapse of a structurally weakened volcano. |
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At the same time the population has been isolated and, as a result, weakened by inbreeding. |
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The Easter fixture pile-up imposed on Wenger's team would have weakened anyone. |
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One is that he fielded a weakened team and then won the Challenge Cup final, so I'm sure he feels it was justified. |
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When inoculated into humans, the weakened bacteria should induce an immune response but not cause disease. |
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That capture of a weakened Labour machine by the Left would not suffice to defeat the new Conservatism. |
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He said this could revive the banking sector's intermediary role, which has been drastically weakened since the financial crisis. |
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Westerners were often prone to neglect the ordinary precautions concerning health, which gradually weakened their constitutions. |
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This Germanic people saw themselves as the continuators of the weakened Imperial power. |
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Increasingly isolated politically and weakened economically, Pyongyang has resorted to an international politics of survival. |
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Lagan lost a player due to foul play and that situation may have weakened their offense. |
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Osteoporosis is a disease marked by excessive skeletal fragility resulting in weakened bones that are susceptible to fracture. |
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Many security experts contend that weakened encryption would open the door for terrorists, allowing cyberterrorism to rule the day. |
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I turned the empire from a weakened state to a formidable industrial powerhouse. |
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They are also dangerous to the user, as the weakened barrel can explode if used with live ammunition. |
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It had a debilitating effect on the heart muscle and weakened it, resulting in death. |
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England was on her knees, so weakened and in such a state of decadence and decay that any moral resistance would have been virtually impossible. |
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For now, the cheap financing is mostly helping the auto giant win a price war that its weakened rivals can ill afford. |
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The blaze burned into the decking of the 103-year-old pier prompting fears that its supporting structure may have been weakened. |
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The high friction then caused the weakened propeller shaft to break and the prop tore away taking the shaft with it. |
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The Chinese Government further weakened an already weak position by the ambiguous attitude which it took to its dependencies and tributaries. |
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Regular inspection helps workers to screen for equipment that may have been weakened by corrosion, leakage, pitting, dents or gouges. |
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The government's purges of the civil service, unions, police, and armed forces also weakened the party's potential for political action. |
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The political and military developments of the past few weeks have weakened both of these supports. |
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The slowing global economy has weakened demand for Japan's high-technology exports, causing manufacturers to cut production and workers. |
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The overuse of bleeding, mercury, arsenic, opium, emetics, and purgatives weakened patients almost as much as the diseases of the day. |
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Here the man's main struggle is against himself and the disorientation played out by his own weakened and wandering mind. |
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In Latin Europe, the communist parties weakened as the era of Eurocommunism waned. |
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The eurozone is being hit hardest as the currency has weakened against the dollar, he says. |
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Political disunion, competition among the hordes, and a lack of an internal market weakened the Kazakh Khanate. |
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Internal strife within the ecumene has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses. |
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Thermodynamically, the migration of nonbinding particles to these weakened microdomains is entropically favorable because it maximizes particle motions. |
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Observers, however, revealed some irregularities, including the use of wooden and thus non-transparent ballot boxes and a weakened solution of phosphoric ink. |
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Another paper details the inner workings of a normally benign bug that has evolved drug-resistance and turns traitor when its human host is weakened by disease. |
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Still, more choices have weakened her market share and will likely continue to do so. |
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But with the crisis, the education systems have just been further weakened. |
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The economy has been weakened by the appropriation of the country's resources by corrupt officials. |
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When the old woman's health weakened, Gina had offered to spend her solitary days with another lonesome soul, since she really had nothing better to do anyway. |
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His position had been fatally weakened, and he too had to go. |
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The hydraulicity of these limes was likely to be weak because of the low firing temperatures, and weakened further if the lime produced was stored as putty. |
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However, Chilling Place pecked on landing and weakened into third, giving the Grade One race to 3-1 shot Marcel, who kept on to hold It's Just Harry by two lengths. |
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There the eagles wait to swoop down on weakened kokanee salmon. |
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Fighting between the tribes weakened them as a group, including the Kongo. |
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Meanwhile, other product sectors of the market, such as performance synthetics and worsteds, weakened in 2000, offsetting the recovery in the denim market. |
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The darkness in my eyes weakened and was pierced by a dim light. |
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He emerged as sole leader of the opposition in 1263, but his position had weakened, for many magnates suspected him of having designs on the throne. |
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That irredentist attitude has not been weakened one whit by the agreement. |
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The bridge might be solid and well-made, but if an earthquake causes one or both hills to shake, the bridge is weakened. |
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At one point, a technician lifted his wounded leg to clean it, and the weakened tibia fractured with a sharp crack that sent shudders through the surgical staff. |
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Without him, and Tiago Silva, Brazil will go into its semifinal against Germany severely weakened. |
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Compared to Charlemagne or Louis the Pious, the Frankish king enjoyed very limited powers and those of their consorts were inevitably weakened as well. |
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Surely my bones are weakened and my head flares with hoariness! |
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The loss of genetic diversity could result in animals with weakened immune systems, unable to resist infections that may wipe out whole flocks or herds. |
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Isabella's first regent was her mother, who weakened her position by morganatically marrying a shopkeeper's son and by her reputation for ruthless greed. |
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His grip on me slowly weakened, he sank to his knees, and he vanished. |
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The reactivity could be weakened by pretreatment with avidin and biotin. |
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That tends to encourage large and small holders alike to consider turning their weakened rubles into other currencies. |
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The Namibian economy weakened in the first quarter of 2003 with the primary sector, mainly the agriculture and mining subsectors recording negative growth rates. |
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The current FDA-approved measles vaccine consists of live but weakened measles virus that is injected into the arm. |
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The loosened earth and weakened banks are more prone to collapsing then. |
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The industry-to-government revolving door, which has brought many meat industry insiders inside USDA, has weakened public health, also, the newspaper reports. |
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Parabolic dunes are formed when the wind causes a blowout, that is, begins to gouge sand out from around a patch of vegetation that has weakened its grip. |
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However, the sassy, unchivalrous character built over the long years of struggle seems to have weakened the DPP's ability to adapt to its new role as a ruling party. |
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The republican edifice you swore to tear down is severely weakened. |
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But the FSA battalion, weakened from months of being under siege, did not have enough ammunition to engage ISIS in the fight. |
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All the organs of the body, the ductless glands included, are weakened. |
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The slump in US stocks has weakened the dollar against other currencies, with the euro climbing to parity against the greenback for the first time in over two years on Monday. |
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She too spends the days at home alone, weakened by the medication she takes. |
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Bennett is part of the rightwing bloc, which is not, as a whole, weakened by the fracas. |
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He was left weakened, dehydrated and in pain by altitude sickness and exhaustion. |
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Last weakened over 15,000 Odessans turned out to an anti-war protest, many carrying the flag of Ukraine. |
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Those of a sanguine constitution, those weakened by famine or those who indulged in hot baths, excessive exercise, work or sexual indulgence were particularly vulnerable. |
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The complex composite structure of the plane would be weakened by any colouring, as heat would build up, leading to delamination and possible cracking. |
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Frazier characterized the weakened bill as a first step in a yearslong battle. |
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The United States also warred against and seriously weakened the Buddhist church movement, the second largest constituency organization in the South. |
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It became where she was weakened to the point of almost invalidism. |
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People with weakened immune systems are more likely to develop abscesses. |
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The battering ram crashed rhythmically against the doors, and as the pins slid out one by one, the doors weakened and groaned in their hinged sockets. |
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The war had also weakened the coalition in the region which included Troy, allowing successful Achaean expansion from across the Aegean under Agememnon. |
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The real issue is not what individuals choose to do, but the strong cultural pressures that have weakened the foundation for durable relationships. |
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But with Liverpool likely to field a weakened team to face an obdurate Burnley side buoyed by back-to-back wins and clean sheets, it may not be such a foregone conclusion. |
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A gradual transition to American life weakened immigrant folkways. |
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In 1847 an incident occurred which seriously weakened his position. |
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Over a number of years, the weakened structure has collapsed further, leaving a tangled mess of debris, including the aft mast and superstructure. |
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Having given birth to the earliest Protestants, she sees to it that her children's influence will spread and divide a land already weakened by ecclesiastic corruption. |
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The results could be a gravely weakened Rouhani, stripped of the leeway in talks that he currently enjoys. |
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A long-term decline in police-neighborhood relations may well have occurred, but direct evidence is scanty, while other factors also weakened these relations. |
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It is a weakened form of cowpox that is used to make the vaccine. |
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Has the immune system been badly weakened by over intensive exercise? |
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It could be that pandit is leaving because he has been weakened by poor leadership and humbling missteps. |
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In the second half of the 14th century, Tver was further weakened by dynastic struggles between its princes. |
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The Toledo rebellion was sufficiently weakened that Amrus was able to enter Toledo and convince its inhabitants to submit. |
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However, there is no historical evidence that such order was ever made and the theory is weakened by the presence of numerous mistakes. |
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In general, the Terra government weakened or neutralized economic nationalism and social reform. |
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As Spanish royal authority weakened during the Napoleonic wars, sentiment against colonial rule grew. |
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The Japanese enlarged administration and appointed local leaders, which weakened the authority of local traditional leaders. |
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The expedition arrived on the west coast of Florida in April 1528, weakened by storms and desertions. |
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The civil war between Atahualpa and Huascar weakened the empire immediately prior to its struggle with the Spanish. |
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The revolts in Portugal and Catalonia, both in 1640, weakened Spain's position appreciably. |
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With the local population in such a weakened state, the colonists faced no resistance to settling there. |
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Although the Ukrainian link induced creativity in many areas, it also weakened traditional Russian religious practices and culture. |
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Nevertheless, civil society recovered and thrived amidst the weakened imperial bureaucracy. |
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It went on to subdue the much weakened Korea as its tributary, conquered Mongolia, and expanded its territory to the outskirt of the Great Wall. |
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World War II had weakened Britain's position in the world, especially financially. |
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After the death of Ranjit Singh, the empire weakened, leading to the conflict with the British East India Company. |
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The Mutambara formation has been weakened by defections from MPs and individuals who are disillusioned by their manifesto. |
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At the end of the Second World War, the European powers found themselves too weakened to maintain their empires as before. |
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It was weakened by his own indecision over strategy, conscription, and financing. |
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World War I destroyed many of Europe's empires and monarchies, and weakened Britain and France. |
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Smallpox left Josiah with a permanently weakened knee, which made him unable to work the foot pedal of a potter's wheel. |
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The British suffered heavy casualties in a failed assault and were weakened by exposure and shortage of supplies in their siege lines. |
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An American raid along the Grand River destroyed many farms that weakened British logistics. |
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After getting back to Geneva, Victor's father, weakened by age and by the death of his precious Elizabeth, dies a few days later. |
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In a famous incident, after becoming starved and weakened, he is said to have accepted milk and rice pudding from a village girl named Sujata. |
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The reduction in taxes weakened the king's position, and many aristocrats lost the basis for their surplus, reducing some to mere farmers. |
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Crocodile cracking showing moisture seepage, a sign of a weakened soil structure beneath the failed asphalt. |
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A weakened Superman tanked an explosion 50 times larger than the Kepler's Supernova and the electromagnetic shock wave hit him. |
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Wane fielded a weakened team for the Widnes match and admits it backfired, but says he would do the same again. |
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He clung to me like a chimpanzee baby with all four of his weakened limbs. |
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The subindices based on selected questions and respondent characteristics all weakened in June along with the main Index. |
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These changes likely account for the brittle quality of the weakened epiphysis in LCP, seen as increased radiodensity on imaging. |
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It was first used to treat keratoconus in 1998 and its primary aim is to strengthen the weakened cornea in ectatic conditions or keratectasia. |
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Electrostimulation can reeducate weakened or deconditioned muscle in a part of the body that is neurologically impaired. |
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The Australian dollar could be weakened by tighter monetary policy in the US, but sterling is hardly in a very strong position either. |
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Family fabric has slowly weakened due to society getting more perverse and unreligious, where everything is legislated as legal and acceptable. |
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Scientists had previously proposed that such opportunistic infections develop when the immune system is weakened. |
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But, Phoenix's model of growth-oriented politics weakened the economic health of both the Sunbelt and Rustbelt. |
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Iraq, Syria and Iran all wish to see Saudi Arabia, which supports so many hybrid Salafi groups in the region, weakened. |
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But the Assembly failed to endorse Calonne's proposals and instead weakened his position through its criticism. |
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This was a signal that the Bourbon monarchy was in a weakened state and subject to the demands of its people. |
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The Reign of Terror ultimately weakened the revolutionary government, while temporarily ending internal opposition. |
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The conflict weakened the authority and military power of Spain, especially after the Battle of Trafalgar. |
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Its potency had weakened with age, however, and he survived to be exiled while his wife and son took refuge in Austria. |
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Loss of power weakened Heath's control over the party and Margaret Thatcher deposed him in the 1975 leadership election. |
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Linkages between national price levels are also weakened when trade barriers and imperfectly competitive market structures occur together. |
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It has been discussed that the link between an individual's contribution record and the remaining contributory benefits will be weakened further. |
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As the system developed, the link between individual contributions and benefits was weakened. |
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Even in my most stringent noncarb dieting phase I was weakened and powerless in their presence. |
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Once a helmet has sustained an impact from falling, that part of the helmet is structurally weakened, even if no visible damage is present. |
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Before the expedition could sail, on 15 February 1824, he fell ill, and the usual remedy of bloodletting weakened him further. |
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The Pax Britannica was weakened by the breakdown of the continental order which had been established by the Congress of Vienna. |
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World War I weakened the strongest of the Imperial Powers, Great Britain, but also strengthened the United States and, to a lesser extent, Japan. |
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He was weakened by his party's commitment to unilateral nuclear disarmament at a time Thatcher was helping to end the Cold War. |
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Thatcher had favoured Major over Heseltine in the leadership contest, but her support for him weakened in later years. |
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In other cases, laws were changed or enforcement weakened in parts of the financial system. |
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In a general election fought on this issue, the Liberals were weakened but still had a comfortable majority. |
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This would mean that the presumption of innocence until sufficient proof of guilt is established would be weakened. |
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His financial situation was not dire, but his kingdom was devastated and his army severely weakened. |
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Though depicted as a key moment in Prussia's rise to greatness, the war weakened Prussia. |
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As the Ottoman Empire steadily weakened decade after decade, Russia stood poised to take advantage by expanding south. |
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The Black Sea clauses weakened Russia, and it no longer posed a naval threat to the Ottomans. |
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In personal correspondence to Bell, both Gray and Dolbear had acknowledged his prior work, which considerably weakened their later claims. |
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Other critics have argued that Tolkien's characters were weakened and misinterpreted by their portrayal in the films. |
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The regime was weakened further in the 1980s as the Cold War drew to a close and Somalia's strategic importance was diminished. |
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A severely weakened Montoneros launched a counterattack in 1979, which was quickly annihilated, ending the guerrilla threat. |
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The battle ended with a decisive Pictish victory which severely weakened Northumbria's power in northern Britain. |
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Donalbain's apparent keenness to do this, however, weakened his support among the nobility, and Malcolm's son, Duncan, was able to depose him. |
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A few months later came the acquisition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank, which had been weakened by the same economic disturbances. |
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The Norse left as suddenly and as mysteriously as they had arrived, however leaving the Norman army weakened and demoralized. |
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The English victory came at great cost, as Harold's army was left in a battered and weakened state. |
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However, Llywelyn's supremacy in the late 1260s forced recognition of his authority in Wales by an English Crown weakened by internal division. |
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On 1 May 1917, Haig wrote that the Nivelle Offensive had weakened the German army but that an attempt at a decisive blow would be premature. |
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The American banking system had been significantly weakened by the severe recession and the effects of deregulation. |
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However, concerns within his party about propping up a weakened Labour party prevented such an agreement. |
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Often a rift will form in an area of the crust that is already weakened by earlier geological activity. |
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In the 1980s, the Mafia was deeply weakened by a second important campaign led by magistrates Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino. |
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His son, Pepin the Short, seized the crown of Francia from the weakened Merovingians and founded the Carolingian dynasty. |
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The weakened Italian sovereigns soon fell victim to conquest by European powers such as France, Spain and Austria. |
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The devastation by floods and the losses of land weakened the Frisian community. |
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The disintegration of Roman economic power weakened groups that had come to depend on Roman gifts for the maintenance of their own power. |
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The outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642, began a period in the which the England's naval position was severely weakened. |
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This resulted in a glut of ships when demand dropped due to a weakened global economy and dramatically reduced demand in the United States. |
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Cutting off the oil supply considerably weakened Japan in the latter part of the war. |
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The mount gained strategic significance again in 933 when William I Longsword annexed the Cotentin Peninsula from the weakened Duchy of Brittany. |
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Usually, lambs targeted by foxes tend to be physically weakened specimens, but not invariably. |
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The bird may have been weakened by harsh winter weather causing scarcity of its prey. |
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Independence movements in Africa gained momentum following World War II, which left the major European powers weakened. |
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Due to weakened convection, LSW began warming significantly and increased in salinity over the following decade. |
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The loss of trade with the English and the silting up of the river as well as the movement of the city towards the north weakened it. |
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Eventually the exposed wooden structure was weakened and gradually collapsed. |
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His position was weakened by his unpopularity with his own subjects, and the threat of other military enemies to the west. |
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The tops of the arches collapsed after being weakened by rainfall and wind, leaving disconnected stacks. |
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Bone tissue that is destroyed or altered as a result of cancers is distorted, weakened, and more prone to fracture. |
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Many kinds of filaments in ropes are weakened by acids or other corrosive liquids or solvents, and high temperatures. |
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The subsequent period, ending around 1000, saw the further growth of feudalism, which weakened the Holy Roman Empire. |
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Then the rebellion spread over all Karelian lands, which sufficiently weakened Novgorodian influence. |
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Their actions introduced European diseases that further weakened native populations. |
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The position of the Grand Prince of Kiev was weakened by the growing influence of regional clans. |
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This typical path of disease transmission moved much faster than the conquistadors, so that as they advanced, resistance weakened. |
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The death of the Bulgarian tsar Simeon I in 927 severely weakened the Bulgarians, allowing the Byzantines to concentrate on the eastern front. |
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Imperial authority was severely weakened, and the growing power vacuum at the center of the Empire encouraged fragmentation. |
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The Russian and Qing Empires supported his action because this coup weakened Western Mongolian strength. |
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Ferdinand's strategy was to continue to demand parias until the taifa was greatly weakened both militarily and financially. |
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For example, decreased pH is limiting the response to the predator cue and leads to a weakened attachment and increases the risk of dislodgement. |
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West Indies ran into more trouble when they were skittled by a weakened Derbyshire team in less than 41 overs yesterday. |
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Their weakened condition makes them more likely to get sick. |
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Lest these colours should be diluted and weakened by the mixture of any adventitious light. |
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However, the war left the UK severely weakened and depending financially on the Marshall Plan. |
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Yet such feuds weakened the tribe as a whole, sometimes leading to the creation of a new tribe as one group separated from the rest. |
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The power of the feudal barons to control their landholding was considerably weakened in 1290 by the statute of Quia Emptores. |
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With Egypt and Macedonia weakened, the Seleucid Empire made increasingly aggressive and successful attempts to conquer the entire Greek world. |
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Of the remaining, a large number were already impoverished by centuries of warfare and weakened by chronic malnutrition. |
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The Danish fleet defeated Alfred's fleet, which may have been weakened in the previous engagement. |
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The English victory was costly, however, as Harold's army was left in a battered and weakened state, and far from the English Channel. |
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Edward's authority was weakened by poor governance and defeat by the Scots at the Battle of Bannockburn. |
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Towards the end of her reign, a series of economic and military problems weakened her popularity. |
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Thus weakened, the remaining body of MPs, known as the Rump, agreed that Charles should be tried on a charge of treason. |
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