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Maintain A Lock So It Turns

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99%6Exact Match!
verb

• state categorically

• to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

• insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized

• postulate positively and assertively

29%7A rotating part of a lock that must be properly aligned to open the lock
noun

• a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.

• a glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom

• a movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown

• pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground

28%10 River featuring Hazelford Lock and Holme Lock
noun

• a river in central England that flows generally northeastward to join with the Ouse River and form the Humber

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