See torrent on Wiktionary
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"text": "The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees, / The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, / The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, / And the highwayman came riding— / Riding—riding— / The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.",
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"ref": "1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part III, XXXI [Uniform ed., p. 278]",
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"ref": "1981 December 5, Michael Bronski, “Coming (Out) to Opera”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 20, page 6:",
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"ref": "2011 December 21, Helen Pidd, “Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis”, in the Guardian:",
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"text": "The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees, / The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, / The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, / And the highwayman came riding— / Riding—riding— / The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.",
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"ref": "1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part III, XXXI [Uniform ed., p. 278]",
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"ref": "1981 December 5, Michael Bronski, “Coming (Out) to Opera”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 20, page 6:",
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"ref": "2011 December 21, Helen Pidd, “Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis”, in the Guardian:",
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"ref": "2009, Rick Dakan, Geek Mafia: Black Hat Blues, page 38:",
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Download raw JSONL data for torrent meaning in All languages combined (26.9kB)
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