“There is a vast deal ⟳ of difference in memories, as well as in every thing else, and therefore you should make ⟳ allowance for your cousin, and pity her deficiency.”

“There is a deal ⟳ of obscurity concerning the identity of the species thus multitudinously baptized.”

““They know ⟳ our boats will stand ⟳ up to their work ⟳,” said Willison, “and that counts for a good deal ⟳. A low estimate ⟳ from us doesn't mean ⟳ scamped work ⟳, but just that we want ⟳ to keep ⟳ the yard busy over a slack time.””

“Like ⟳ most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal ⟳ in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed ⟳ while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.”

“I didn’t have ⟳ a good deal ⟳ all evening.”

“I believe ⟳ it's your deal ⟳.”

“We need ⟳ to finalise the deal ⟳ with Henderson by midnight.”

“recognizing the societal deal ⟳ between capital and labor regarding retirement savings”

“The deal ⟳, which overtakes the £50m paid to Liverpool by Chelsea for Fernando Torres in January 2011 as the highest paid by a British club, takes United’s summer spend ⟳ to £130.7m, following the £27m spent on Luke Shaw, the £28m for Ander Herrera and £16m for Marcos Rojo.”

“You also have ⟳ to look ⟳ at the kind of mortgage deals available to you and whether you will be able to trade ⟳ up to the kind of property you are looking for.”

“California lawmakers, their state broke and its credit rating shot, finally sealed the deal ⟳ with the governor Monday night on a plan ⟳ to close ⟳ a $26 billion budget gap.”

“He made a deal ⟳ with the devil.”

“I didn't deserve ⟳ it, but he cut ⟳ me a deal ⟳.”

“to cut ⟳ a deal ⟳, to cut ⟳ deals”

“to cut ⟳ a fantastic deal ⟳, to cut ⟳ a raw deal ⟳”

“What's the deal ⟳ here?”

“Their new movie is the biggest deal ⟳ of the year.”

“I don't think ⟳ that's such a big deal ⟳.”

“The deal ⟳ with four tines is called a pitchfork.”

“I've never killed anybody before. I don't see ⟳ what's the big deal ⟳.”

“What's her deal ⟳?”

“His whole deal ⟳ is, you've got to be for it or against it, and you can't make ⟳ it better.”

“My boyfriend hates it when I wear ⟳ makeup or put ⟳ on a short skirt, but then he points out how hot girls like ⟳ the Pussycat Dolls are. What's his deal ⟳? —Jill, 16, Fresno, CA”

“I don't know ⟳ what her deal ⟳ was. I think ⟳ she just cared about the MTV stuff and wanted to be around us, maybe hoping a camera would show ⟳ up and she'd get ⟳ her face ⟳ on the color TV or something.”

“1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year, London: E. Nutt et al., p. 86, Some Houses were […] entirely lock’d up, the Doors padlockt, the Windows and Doors having Deal ⟳ Boards nail’d over them,”

“A brisk fire burned in the grate, there were three comfortable chairs, and a deal ⟳ table with a water carafe, a bucket of coals, and a few other amenities.”

“It shall not be lawful for any person to land ⟳ any timber, planks or board ⟳, deals, staves, tar, pitch, turpentine, rozin or other the commodities aforesaid, on any part of the present ⟳ quays within the city of Bristol, from any vessel coming into the said port...”

“Swedish deals from ports in the Baltic”

“1 deal ⟳ (US) = 12 ft x 11 in. x 3/2 in. (E)”

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