After 2012, the base shifted the event to an ... schedule, but budget cuts forced it to cancel the 2014 show. ANNUAL

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He was discovered to have been ... company funds. PROPERTY

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The ... British drama "Lifting" pivots on the prickly relationship between two people who are mourning a third. CRY

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They enjoyed a popularity scarcely ... with their actual merits. MEASURE

(a)  

At the audition, the actors were asked to give a ... performance. TEMPORARY

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Gazprom, whose boss Alexei Miller is a close political ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is almost as ... in world football. PRESENT

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Blue veins showed through her ... skin. LUCID

(a)  

The machine must be ..., executing as fast as a mower is able to cut. EXPEDITE

(a)  

Lack of resources has been an ... problem since the beginning. ANNUAL

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