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He came to symbolize his country's struggle for independence.

他逐渐成为祖国为争取独立而斗争的象征。

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No one knows for sure when or why it began to symbolize peace.

没有人确切地知道它是什么时候或者为什么开始成为和平的象征。

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Every year during the high holidays Jews visit a river and throw in bits of bread and cookies, to symbolize getting rid of their sins.

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But many of the tens of millions more who've been born since, and who know only the music, the legend and the media hype, are still inspired by the free-spirited and communitarian values that Woodstock has come to symbolize.

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Paul Zoller's set, a pine box, expanded and contracted to symbolize the pressures at work.

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This action, which may come to symbolize the second Obama term, saves little if any money.

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Directly below them, lilies soar up from a vase to symbolize the Virgin's purity.

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