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Idioms and Phrases

see in charge , def. 3.
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Example Sentences

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She said:in a statement: "We need independent, timely investigations for every death that occurs while someone is in the care of the state."

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The rules have put some undocumented families in a desperate situation, leaving children who crossed the border unaccompanied languishing for months in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, the advocates say.

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While in Spain, the iguanas were in the care of the Foundation for Research in Ethology and Biodiversity near Madrid.

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Officials said the dog is in the care of Long Beach Animal Care Services.

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Ms Hall, who is now in the care of Qatari officials, was detained alongside a British couple in their seventies - Barbie and Peter Reynolds - and their interpreter.

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