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The crowd at the gig could barely hear the singer because the
Here's how I want to continue it: crowd was too loud.

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I loved my old comb better than my new brush, because the
Here's how I want to continue it: comb was much sturdier.

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The outbreak reached the city before the country, because the
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country was farther from ground zero.