Sentence examples for stoke from inspiring English sources

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stoke

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To poke, pierce, thrust.

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The Stoke fans were shouting the Olés after 32 minutes and it would get even better for them before the interval.

The move, two weeks after a 23-year-old male aide complained to police that the former deputy prime minister sexually assaulted him, is bound to stoke political tensions in Malaysia.

He was accused by the truth and reconciliation commission of conspiring with the apartheid security forces to stoke township violence in the early 1990s, a charge he has always vehemently denied.

But a report that David Cameron will not support Nick Clegg to force through Liberal Democrat plans to create an elected House of Lords – despite a commitment to reform in the coalition agreement (see 1.09pm) are likely to stoke tensions further.

The lone positive for the visitors came when Gerrard ran through in the 70th minute to slot a low shot past Asmir Begovic and there was the heart-warming moment when the Stoke fans rose with their Liverpool counterparts to applaud him.

This was not a day to stoke further controversy; Chelsea had secured the reward that counted most of all.

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But poor children in Stoke-on-Trent start school two years behind their peers in leafier parts of the country.

Shaw most recently investigated a terrible fire in Stoke-on-Trent.

Labour gained from no overall control (NOC) at Bradford, Stockton-on-Tees and West Lancashire but lost Plymouth, Stoke-on-Trent and Telford & Wrekin.

It also gained from NOC at Stockton-on-Tees and West Lancashire but lost Plymouth, Stoke-on-Trent and Telford and Wrekin.

But in the queue, Matt Dean, all the way from Stoke-on-Trent, says he's missed the big-name celebrity films.

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