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lift the veil

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lift the veil

to make something known that was secret before. The company lifted the veil on its planned online magazine.

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Lift the veil, my reverend nephew, which hides her from mortal eyes The New Magdalen by Collins, Wilkie View in context I tried again to lift the veil that hung between this woman and me. The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context Now and then a fatal conjunction of events may lift the veil for an instant. Under Western Eyes by Conrad, Joseph View in context More results

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