The bill became bogged down in a(n) __________ of contentious issues in a Senate subcommittee.
The outcome of the race seemed __________ before the leader’s misstep on the final leg gave her competitors a(n) __________ of winning the title.
Though the new pharmaceutical regime was intended to be beneficial, its actual effect was __________, a result the medical community __________.
The life of the lightening bug is __________ to human eyes: They live only twenty-four hours.
The kangaroo species __________ in the new environment where there was an abundant supply of food and a(n) __________ of predators.
The ______ behavior of the demonstrators became even more apparent when they all chained themselves together when the authorities came on scene.
