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BAY. Is an enclosure to keep in the water for the supply of a mill or other contrivance, so that the water may be able to, drive the wheels of such mill. Stat. 27 Eliz. c. 19.
     2. A large open water or harbor where ships may ride, is also called a bay; as, the Chesapeake Bay, the, Bay of New York.



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Paris and many Italian cities have adopted the same strategy, holding at bay the eyesores that have sprouted in unprotected neighbourhoods, but it seems ironic that this paternalism should prevail in the capital of a country that is synonymous with the Modern Movement.
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National groups and local activists, of which I was one, seemed to be holding at bay the book burners, anti-abortionists, militarists, and a host of fellow travelers.
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