In a report from the stranger aspect of life, we invited readers to “meet the man driving across the country to ‘rescue’ XL bully dogs”. It takes all types. We reported: “He’s discovered three abandoned in the area around his home in Tipton while helping rescue another found in an emancipated state in a cage outside a car wash.”
What a stunning malapropism. We modified it to “emaciated”, that means abnormally skinny, particularly due to sickness or an absence of meals. The canine was about to be “emancipated”, or let loose, nevertheless it might hardly be free whereas it was within the cage.
Top and backside of the yr: On our business pages we mentioned that buying at Aldi would “save you a substantial amount of money, according to the monthly survey of prices put out by Which?” The client group exams a basket of 43 merchandise in several supermarkets. “Aldi was the cheapest in 11 of the last 12 months of 2023, with its rival Lidl coming top in the other.”
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