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01. My great-grandfather came to Boston to [seek] his fortune in the early 1800s.

02. The Chinese migrants came to this country to [seek] a better life.

03. He had to [seek] work as a laborer after he lost his truck-driving license for drinking and driving.

04. Two masked men are being [sought] by police for robbing a number of convenience stores.

05. You should [seek] proper legal advice before you decide whether or not to sue your former business partner.

06. My sister and her husband have [sought] help from a marriage counselor because they are having a lot of problems getting along these days.

07. I would [seek] a second opinion if you don't agree with what your doctor said.

08. Picasso once said, "I do not [seek]; I find."

09. There is an Afghan proverb which remarks that the [seeker] is the finder.

10. There is a Chinese proverb which suggests that he who [seeks] revenge should remember to dig two graves.

11. There is a French proverb which observes that when you can't find peace within yourself, it's useless to [seek] it elsewhere.

12. There is a Turkish proverb which states that he who [seeks] a faultless friend remains friendless.

13. There is a Yiddish proverb which tells us to [seek] advice, but use one's own common sense.

14. While Columbus was [seeking] the new world to the west, Italian engineers were rebuilding the Kremlin in Moscow.

15. The Spanish explorers named Argentina for the valuable silver they were [seeking] there.

16. Descartes once said, "If you would be a real [seeker] after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things."

17. The human rights organization Amnesty International [seeks] the release of men and women detained anywhere for their beliefs, color, sex, ethnic origin, language or religion.

18. Studies have shown that individual cells in the brain respond to inadequate supplies of nutrients by motivating a person to [seek] food.

19. Psychologists [seek] to understand how internal processes or external events in the environment work to produce the incredible diversity of human thought and action.

20. Italian rulers of the fifteenth century [sought] to glorify themselves by erecting impressive palaces and country houses.