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01. The entire [cast] came to our school to perform a couple of scenes from the play.
02. She had her leg in a [cast] for over 2 months after breaking it skiing.
03. Courtney Cox was originally [cast] as Rachel in the television show "Friends," but wanted to play the role of Monica, and eventually got her way.
04. The old tree [cast] a shadow over the flowers in the garden.
05. Over 65% of those who [cast] their vote for that candidate were over the age of 50.
06. The lawyer for the defense has been quite successful in [casting] doubt on the prosecution's case.
07. The NDP has traditionally [cast] itself as the political party of the working class.
08. In 1543, a method for [casting] iron cannons was perfected by an Englishman working under commission to King Henry VIII.
09. At the end of the chocolate-making process, the chocolate is [cast] in small bars and allowed to harden.
10. The members of the [cast] of the popular television series "Friends" have largely moved into successful movie careers.
11. The popular movie actress has joined the [cast] of a dramatic television series.
12. He [cast] the dice and held his breath.
13. The monster [cast] a shadow across the moon as he appeared at her window.
14. In Greek mythology, Typhon is an ugly many-headed monster who was defeated and [cast] into the underworld by Zeus.
15. There is a Malabar proverb which holds that anger is as a stone [cast] into a wasp's nest.
16. D. H. Lawrence wrote that it is no good [casting] out devils because they belong to us, so we must accept them, and be at peace with them.
17. Seneca once said that whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to [cast] it down.
18. Of the 98.5% of eligible voters who [cast] their votes in a national referendum in April 1993, 99.8% said "yes" to independence for Eritrea.
19. She [cast] her coat on the chair when she walked into the room, and then flopped down on the sofa.

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