In the distance, the craggy lines of the Arnhem plateau stand out against the azure sky.

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The black and brown fragments have been fairly easy to spot because they stand out against the snow.

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Huts painted lilac, turquoise and pink stand out against a rust-coloured hillside.

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Those orange cones really stand out against the road.

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Did your resume stand out against impossible odds?

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Figures and buildings stand out starkly against whitish backgrounds.

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That was never in doubt, but the Allies hoped the stand against Germany's naked aggression would persuade Hitler to step back from the brink of all-out war, a motive that was neither base nor ridiculous.

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