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How to pronounce mainline in American English
“mainline” pronunciation by American speakers
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“mainline” in real sentences — American speakers
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They’re much more engaged with the kind of mainline political activism.
State Department
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And they have removed those sorts of thresholds from the mainline recommendations, again, acknowledging harms.
NIH
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a mainline into not just our counterculture but our culture; still a challenge to the powerful,
The Obama White House
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