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The phrase "a cord in a" is not complete and lacks context, making it difficult to determine its correctness in written English.
It could be used in contexts discussing physical objects, such as cords or cables, but would need additional information to clarify its meaning.
Example: "I found a cord in a box that I haven't opened in years."
Alternatives: "a cable in a" or "a wire in a".
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They discovered five sticks of dynamite bound together with a cord in a restroom on the third floor of the men's store.
Lay a cord in a door shape; bring the two ends up with the right one over the left one.
Do this by drawing a circle on the floor, sprinkling salt water in a circle, or by laying a cord in a circle (make sure you tie it).
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He appeared apprehensive at first, but loosened up when he saw a camera dangling precariously from a cord in the ceiling, threatening to crash down on the heads of reporters.
Most seals have holes drilled through them so that a string ("cord") could be attached to them (see Genesis 38 18 for a reference to a seal on a cord, in the story about Judah and Tamar).
In one instance a messy chest of drawers is a pedestal for a naked white child and a little dog leashed by a telephone cord; in another, a black child peers out from under it.
That word — "brand" — came up a few more times in his speech, and it struck a tinny, mercenary cord in such a lofty venue: Was this all a marketing campaign?
Bolshoi is one of our greatest national brands". That word—"brand"—came up a few more times in his speech, and it struck a tinny, mercenary cord in such a lofty venue: Was this all a marketing campaign?
He will also have to "play" capoeira with a master, or a black cord, in the middle of a circle created by dozens of other capoeiristas playing drums and tambourines and singing traditional call-and-response songs in Portuguese.
One night in November 1982, Kristen Sumstad, 13, was raped and strangled with a cloth cord in a pleasant neighborhood in Seattle.
Prosecutors initially planned to use Jeanine Dasque as a lead witness in the trial, but in August she hanged herself with an extension cord in a motel room.
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