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to be abundant or plentiful
- Though mud abounded underfoot, the sun, so long shrouded by snow and cloud, seemed an object freshly made, and the trees-Mr. Clutter's orchard of pear and apple trees, the elms shading the lane-were lightly veiled in a haze of virginal green.4 — The Corner (21% in)
- ") Oil the cover of the second notebook, the handwriting of which he was so proud, a script abounding in curly, feminine flourishes, proclaimed the contents to be "The Private Diary of Perry Edward Smith"-an inaccurate description, for it was not in the least a diary but, rather, a form of anthology consisting of obscure facts ("Every fifteen years Mars gets closer.2 — Persons Unknown (89% in)
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