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Roses Part As Old Character

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noun

• something that causes irritation and annoyance

• a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

• a Germanic character of runic origin

34%8 Charts with features such as compass roses, rhumb lines, and wind roses
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32%3 The ____ of the Roses, book adapted as The Roses in 2025
noun

• the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

• a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply

• an active struggle between competing entities

• a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious

verb

• make or wage war

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