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A person who establishes. Also: To sink below the surface of the water.

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  • The first human being who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.
  • Dogtopia founder is there for dog day care franchisees
  • Dogtopia founder is there for dog day care franchisees - USATODAY. com
  • The defence of their founder is the first cause, which in every age has exercised the zeal and industry of the civilians.
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  • The club's shy "founder" (a person who starts a group or institution) would "flounder" (to struggle; to act clumsily) in his attempt to tell what it was like in the beginning.
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