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• n  a large round wicker basket (used on farms)
• n  a domed beehive made of twisted straw

• Examining the doctrines, the skep tic has been apt to find myths far stronger than reality.
• Inevitably, some skeptics continued to skep, arguing that a major downturn might still be in store.
• But even to hard-bitten skep tics, the beginning was promising.