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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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noun

A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined

a king's accession to a confederacy

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more often than not

Part of Speechadverb

Usually; more than half the time; more likely to be the case than not to be the case.

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More often than not, tomato seeds will sprout even if they are a couple of years old.

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