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lines

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plural noun

general appearance or outline
a car with fine lines
a plan of procedure or construction
built on traditional lines
1. the spoken words of a theatrical presentation
2. the words of a particular role
  he forgot his lines
informal.
a marriage certificate
marriage lines
luck, fate, or fortune (esp in the phrase hard lines )
1. rows of tents, buildings, temporary stabling, etc, in a military camp
  transport lines
2. a defensive position, row of trenches, or other fortification
  we broke through the enemy lines
1. a school punishment of writing the same sentence or phrase out a specified number of times
2. the phrases or sentences so written out
  a hundred lines
read between the lines
to understand or find an implicit meaning in addition to the obvious one

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On the concrete walls are stained lines that extend into the darkness, marking where the water often reaches when the aqueduct is running full.

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The campaign has also highlighted festering divides along regional lines.

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And 2008 was kind of the crisis moment at which those lines crossed and the system became unable to regulate itself.

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"I will fully take responsibility for that," says the star, who claims he was "backstage screaming" at police and promoters to get the lines moving.

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I couldn’t speak or do anything other than force up my lines using my diaphragm alone.

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