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Maddie wanted to grow 8 pepper in her garden, but there was not enough room. The
Here's how I want to continue it: pepper was too wide.

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John had to beat the drum harder to make it sound above the crowd noise. The
Here's how I want to continue it: noise had been too loud.

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The candy jar could hold 100 gumballs or 80 maltballs because the
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gumballs were smaller.