Does Mr Blair seem bowed down or wearied by these great burdens as he begins his holiday?

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On the other hand, I could bring in the wearied freight-train men who had lain out all night.

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Wearied of politics, feeling old, he retired at the end of his second.

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Solo tourism was growing in popularity among the young people, and even in the course of our time together my fellow-tourists had wearied of hustling so much.

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McCain acknowledged that his proposal is a risky one, that the opposition lacks cohesion and that the American public has wearied of war, but said that should not dissuade U.S. officials from moving forward.

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My poor Canadians were alternately wearied and terrified.

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That decade, neatly framed by the financial crash of 1929 and the renewal of hostilities in Europe in 1939, a time-between-time of rather wearied aftermath and ominous foreboding, was crisply and surely characterised by its poets.

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Many islanders have wearied of the upkeep.

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While other fabric and wallpaper purveyors, such as Eskayel, are creating the look of shibori patterns through hand-painting, workshops teaching the real thing are popping up from California to Maine giving anyone who's wearied of the ikat trend the opportunity to dye another way.

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The tougher rules in Switzerland have struck a chord with a Swiss public wearied by a string of high-profile corporate mishaps, and had looked likely to pass since news broke two weeks ago that the Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Novartis planned to give its departing chairman a SFr72m pay-off, even though the plans were subsequently dropped.

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