Employees leave with an empty box and little understanding as to why they received that raise.

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U.S. leaders should not agree to pay Russia many times over for essentially an empty box.

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He thought he saw a bird on a wall, but as he drew closer he realized that it was just an empty tin box.

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For those looking for that quintessential Bordeaux character of blackcurrant and cedar, which always reminds me of an empty cigar box, and rich, ripe roundness, it is worth casting your net further.

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Wigan football club chairman Dave Whelan told the Today programme on Friday that Liverpool had "no heart beating" after noticing an empty directors' box at Anfield.

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Mr. McNamee testified that at one point in 2001, he saved medical waste from the drug injections in an empty beer can, then stuffed the can in a box and hid the material in his basement, where it sat for years.

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The Wolves midfielder made the most of panic in the box three minutes before the break to fire into an empty net.

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According to the affidavit, these items included a coffee grinder, a box with latex gloves, a dust mask and an empty bucket of floor adhesive.

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Inside, he found a pile of notebooks, a box of chalk, a few throat lozenges, and an empty sunglasses case.

NEWYORKER: Waiting

But one locker remained empty, placid, untouched, with a pair of No. 13 jerseys and an unused box of cleats the only evidence that Alex Rodriguez was ever on this team.

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