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The limbs of the flying squirrel are interlinked with a membrane. When the creature (263)________ into the air, the membrane opens and the squirrel seems to (264)_______ swiftly downwards. This movement gives the (265)_______ of flight. However, it is not flying really. It is a (266)_______ in the air from a higher level. It is also noteworthy that a squirrel cannot (267)_____ its direction while it is in flying mode.

This Diwali is more significant because we are going to celebrate it after three years, without the evil shadow of Covid-19 that (268)________ looming over all festivities. The lockdowns and endless bad news of death and (269)________ had turned our country into a zone of gloom. But, this season of Diwali (270)________ all the sorrows of people by lighting the candle of hope in their lives. We can see the lights, the candles, the lanterns, and the busy people coming out of their houses and purchasing toys for their children. Let’s (271)________ those people who have made such a huge contribution to (272)________ good thoughts and saving people's lives.

This Diwali is more significant because we are going to celebrate it after three years, without the evil shadow of Covid-19 that (268)________ looming over all festivities. The lockdowns and endless bad news of death and (269)________ had turned our country into a zone of gloom. But, this season of Diwali (270)________ all the sorrows of people by lighting the candle of hope in their lives. We can see the lights, the candles, the lanterns, and the busy people coming out of their houses and purchasing toys for their children. Let’s (271)________ those people who have made such a huge contribution to (272)________ good thoughts and saving people's lives.

This Diwali is more significant because we are going to celebrate it after three years, without the evil shadow of Covid-19 that (268)________ looming over all festivities. The lockdowns and endless bad news of death and (269)________ had turned our country into a zone of gloom. But, this season of Diwali (270)________ all the sorrows of people by lighting the candle of hope in their lives. We can see the lights, the candles, the lanterns, and the busy people coming out of their houses and purchasing toys for their children. Let’s (271)________ those people who have made such a huge contribution to (272)________ good thoughts and saving people's lives.

This Diwali is more significant because we are going to celebrate it after three years, without the evil shadow of Covid-19 that (268)________ looming over all festivities. The lockdowns and endless bad news of death and (269)________ had turned our country into a zone of gloom. But, this season of Diwali (270)________ all the sorrows of people by lighting the candle of hope in their lives. We can see the lights, the candles, the lanterns, and the busy people coming out of their houses and purchasing toys for their children. Let’s (271)________ those people who have made such a huge contribution to (272)________ good thoughts and saving people's lives.

This Diwali is more significant because we are going to celebrate it after three years, without the evil shadow of Covid-19 that (268)________ looming over all festivities. The lockdowns and endless bad news of death and (269)________ had turned our country into a zone of gloom. But, this season of Diwali (270)________ all the sorrows of people by lighting the candle of hope in their lives. We can see the lights, the candles, the lanterns, and the busy people coming out of their houses and purchasing toys for their children. Let’s (271)________ those people who have made such a huge contribution to (272)________ good thoughts and saving people's lives.

When Ojeya Cruz Banks moved to Ohio from New Zealand (273) ________ years ago, she was overwhelmed by the logistics of uprooting her life. But Cruz Banks, a Denison University professor and a single mom, who is also my neighbour and friend, was (274) ________ to find a house next to a public elementary school. She assumed that she would be able to walk to pick up her daughter, a needed convenience given that she didn’t yet have a car. Unfortunately, when she went to register her daughter for kindergarten, she was met with an (275) ________ surprise: The only (276) ________ option was a half-day program that would bus students to a day-care centre on the outskirts of the town for the afternoon. The district did offer a limited number of full-day slots, but those had all been claimed in a lottery earlier that spring and came with a tuition cost. “I was like, ‘Cost me? What? Public school costs money here?’” she told me. Many parents across the United States, like Cruz Banks, may assume that free, full-day kindergarten is a (277) ________ part of the country’s public education system. I was one of them, until my youngest had to enter our district’s lottery several months ago. When he was assigned to the half-day program, I swung between alarm and frustration.

When Ojeya Cruz Banks moved to Ohio from New Zealand (273) ________ years ago, she was overwhelmed by the logistics of uprooting her life. But Cruz Banks, a Denison University professor and a single mom, who is also my neighbour and friend, was (274) ________ to find a house next to a public elementary school. She assumed that she would be able to walk to pick up her daughter, a needed convenience given that she didn’t yet have a car. Unfortunately, when she went to register her daughter for kindergarten, she was met with an (275) ________ surprise: The only (276) ________ option was a half-day program that would bus students to a day-care centre on the outskirts of the town for the afternoon. The district did offer a limited number of full-day slots, but those had all been claimed in a lottery earlier that spring and came with a tuition cost. “I was like, ‘Cost me? What? Public school costs money here?’” she told me. Many parents across the United States, like Cruz Banks, may assume that free, full-day kindergarten is a (277) ________ part of the country’s public education system. I was one of them, until my youngest had to enter our district’s lottery several months ago. When he was assigned to the half-day program, I swung between alarm and frustration.

When Ojeya Cruz Banks moved to Ohio from New Zealand (273) ________ years ago, she was overwhelmed by the logistics of uprooting her life. But Cruz Banks, a Denison University professor and a single mom, who is also my neighbour and friend, was (274) ________ to find a house next to a public elementary school. She assumed that she would be able to walk to pick up her daughter, a needed convenience given that she didn’t yet have a car. Unfortunately, when she went to register her daughter for kindergarten, she was met with an (275) ________ surprise: The only (276) ________ option was a half-day program that would bus students to a day-care centre on the outskirts of the town for the afternoon. The district did offer a limited number of full-day slots, but those had all been claimed in a lottery earlier that spring and came with a tuition cost. “I was like, ‘Cost me? What? Public school costs money here?’” she told me. Many parents across the United States, like Cruz Banks, may assume that free, full-day kindergarten is a (277) ________ part of the country’s public education system. I was one of them, until my youngest had to enter our district’s lottery several months ago. When he was assigned to the half-day program, I swung between alarm and frustration.

When Ojeya Cruz Banks moved to Ohio from New Zealand (273) ________ years ago, she was overwhelmed by the logistics of uprooting her life. But Cruz Banks, a Denison University professor and a single mom, who is also my neighbour and friend, was (274) ________ to find a house next to a public elementary school. She assumed that she would be able to walk to pick up her daughter, a needed convenience given that she didn’t yet have a car. Unfortunately, when she went to register her daughter for kindergarten, she was met with an (275) ________ surprise: The only (276) ________ option was a half-day program that would bus students to a day-care centre on the outskirts of the town for the afternoon. The district did offer a limited number of full-day slots, but those had all been claimed in a lottery earlier that spring and came with a tuition cost. “I was like, ‘Cost me? What? Public school costs money here?’” she told me. Many parents across the United States, like Cruz Banks, may assume that free, full-day kindergarten is a (277) ________ part of the country’s public education system. I was one of them, until my youngest had to enter our district’s lottery several months ago. When he was assigned to the half-day program, I swung between alarm and frustration.