See bleiten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Excuseer mij als ik niet uit mijn woorden kom. Of als ik begin te bleiten. Volwassen mannen die bleiten zijn belachelijk, ik weet het.",
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"ref": "1997, Herman Brusselmans, Logica voor Idioten:",
"text": "En mijn kinderen bleiten! Enfin, ik hen in hun knieschijfjes geschoten. Maar ik dwaal af.",
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"text": "Alleen al het simpele feit dat een miljoen Vlamingen een homo van vlees en bloed leert kennen, hem soms ziet bleiten als een klein kind, doet meer voor de verdraagzaamheid dan duizend meetings en pamfletten.",
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