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in pairs

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in pairs

In groups of two individuals or items.

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The Third Quartet I made the instruments in pairs - Two different pairs - Violin and viola, and violin and cello. They played very different things from each other all through the whole piece. Elliott Carter

I have got this obsessive compulsive disorder where I have to have everything in a straight line, or everything has to be in pairs. David Beckham

Maybe this is why so many serial killers work in pairs. It's nice not to feel alone in a world full of victims or enemies. Chuck Palahniuk

I think it's a lot harder for the pros to have a long career in ice dance and in pairs. It seems the singles have a little bit of a longer career. Nancy Kerrigan

Wolves don't hunt singly, but always in pairs. The lone wolf was a myth. John Fowles

The needs of the soul can for the most part be listed in pairs of opposites which balance and complete one another. Simone Weil

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