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Chris -- 2025-05-10
[Beldor(#28491)] Sitting in a padded chair, Beldor looks a bit pale and wane. His right leg is raised and bandages wrap about splints fixed by the Healers. Over his white tunic is a simple cloak to ward off any chill as well as the rain that drizzles down.
http://home.earthlink.net/~naerdil/2001 … uneral.htm
...how the trends of recent years counter Enlightenment assumptions about how religion would pale and wane
http://marty-center.uchicago.edu/sighti … 1230.shtml
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That second reference would be incorrect if you substituted “pale and wan”, wouldn’t it?
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You’re right, that was a careless reference and it would be incorrect. There are others that fit the pattern, though. Maybe I unconsciously substituted “wax and wane” in the second reference.
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