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Or will he live up to his posturing as an anticorruption enforcer and conduct an honest-to-goodness investigation?
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The pressure of such comparisons caused criticisms when he did not live up to them.
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He always strived to live up to the family name and enjoyed the reputation he inherited and maintained.
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The musicians live up to their reputation as feuding siblings by getting sidetracked into a curse-laden argument over an incident that happened on a ferry.
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Elephants can live up to 70 years in the wild.
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These eels can live up to 30 years.
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The shallow treatment doesn't live up to the topic addressed.
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At the beginning of the series, all three female leads signed five-year contracts, and the network was insistent that they live up to their commitments.
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This toad may live up to 15 years.
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That in itself is going to be a major task for the audience to live up to.
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