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The city experienced a ..... out during the thunderstorm last night. The local power company worked all night to restore the electricity.

This is a very delicate matter because it's complicated. This is not a simple black-and-..... situation.

..... matter refers to a person's intellect.

She was as ..... as a sheet after the break-in. She was so scared that she needed counseling afterwards.

A ..... collar worker refers to someone who works in a position that relates to clerical, office-type work.

..... collar work refers to people who work in the manual labor field.

The ..... sheep of the family refers to someone who is different from his/her family members, and has disgraced them or their family name in some way.

During the recession, the government found that many large corporations were not in the ..... like they originally thought. They had been losing money for a long time and that's why so many of them went bankrupt.

I tried to warn my son about that girl until I was ..... in the face but he wouldn't listen. Now, he realizes that she was only after his money.

I almost hit a deer the other night. It jumped in front of my car out of the .....! Luckily, I was able to slow down and swerve out of the way.