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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Could be mis-taken dictation, or non-native in the first example:
‘Your sisters, uncles in South sudan are getting pay on time which was an heard of since the inception of GOSS.
He is a 29-year casino veteran who oversees 139 tables and more than 1,000 gaming positions—an heard-of number in a town known for catering to little old ladies from Scranton.
Also, to prove it’s not an heard of thing to mix up your callsign in an emergency, the crew of US1549, the Hudson Bay miracle landing flight, also got their flight number wrong a few times during the emergency
So, as a result, they are slashing prices to an heard of amount. During their Inventory Reduction Sale you can save up to $50 on select steaks’
Odd because if it means anything, that’s the opposite.
On the plain in Spain where it mainly rains.
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