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creep away

to travel away slowly and carefully; to sneak away. The boys were completely ashamed and crept away. The cat crept away quietly.

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Giuliani’s general approach to foreign policy has also illustrated an unmissable, if not explicit, creep away from the president’s doctrine. Slowly But Surely, Giuliani Creeps Away From Bush by Jennifer Rubin / The New York Observer He would read out the unanswered letters he had written over the year past to Norman Tebbit as party chairman and say how encouraging the turnout was this year; and everyone would applaud, rather desperately; and Peter would invite members to drink a glass of warm, bad white wine, and they would grab a handful of crisps and creep away into the evening; and Peter would say, 'Not a bad show this year. The gentleness and courage of my friend Peter Campbell by Matthew Parris / Spectator, The London An ominous sign of how dry it has been came before the recent rains when a series of small grass fires and controlled burns in Oregon began to creep away into surrounding brush, Boro said. Danger outlook: Lots of fuel for the fires by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) More results

Giuliani’s general approach to foreign policy has also illustrated an unmissable, if not explicit, creep away from the president’s doctrine.

Slowly But Surely, Giuliani Creeps Away From Bush by Jennifer Rubin / The New York Observer

He would read out the unanswered letters he had written over the year past to Norman Tebbit as party chairman and say how encouraging the turnout was this year; and everyone would applaud, rather desperately; and Peter would invite members to drink a glass of warm, bad white wine, and they would grab a handful of crisps and creep away into the evening; and Peter would say, 'Not a bad show this year.

The gentleness and courage of my friend Peter Campbell by Matthew Parris / Spectator, The London

An ominous sign of how dry it has been came before the recent rains when a series of small grass fires and controlled burns in Oregon began to creep away into surrounding brush, Boro said.

Danger outlook: Lots of fuel for the fires by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

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