Word: familiarizes
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...hotel is imprinted on my memory, along with the kindness of the stranger who gave me water from his own bottle when I was nearing exhaustion and the shops were all closed. As the blasts and grenades went off, the streets and the people began to feel familiar and, somehow, safe...
With time running out in the opening period, Harvard was in the familiar position of trusting Lin with the ball. The senior cradled the ball for a few seconds, ran off a pick at the top of the key, and buried a three-pointer as time expired to give the Crimson a 46-26 lead. The buzzer beater was the Lin’s third in four games...
...would be nice to have someone who is familiar with the other side to contest [AbuKhalil’s arguments],” said Ali Hamade, a consultant who attended the talk...
...debate must feel familiar to Casey, who watched his father, former Pennsylvania governor Robert P. Casey, battle with President Bill Clinton and Planned Parenthood over his pro-life stance. Governor Casey successfully defended his tightening of Pennsylvania's abortion policies all the way to the Supreme Court, and would likely have challenged Clinton for the 1996 presidential nomination if his health hadn't suddenly deteriorated (he died in 2000 at the age of 68, seven years after receiving heart and lung transplants). And so now, the son of the man often called the father of pro-life Democrats finds himself...
...Eventually, waffle irons engraved with coats of arms, religious symbols and the familiar honeycomb pattern (said to resemble interlocking crosses) were used to brand the baked treats. In medieval France, an entire guild was established in 1270 to train the vendors who sold waffles on the street. Because the simplest version only called for flour and water, it soon became a staple of country cooking, though wealthier peasants would add honey, eggs and aromatized wine. The delicacy, according to Geoffrey Chaucer, made for an excellent means of seduction. "He sent her sweetened wine and well-spiced ale/ And waffles piping...