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It doesn't look like this phrase is very popular! The search could not find any examples on the internet.	The article, published in January 1872, reflected on the depopulation of Al Wakrah resulting from the war by estimating a meager population of 400, while�... Feb 25, 2015 ... It boasted a meager population of 128,000. Its humidity was relentless. Africa's independence era was getting underway, and many of Dar's�... A meager population of stockman had settled in this region, chiefly among Brady's creek, before the war, but no organization of a county government was�... ... once dotted with hundreds of family farms, hosted only a handful of farming families, while the ruins of the city supported a meager population centered around�...

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The article, published in January 1872, reflected on the depopulation of Al Wakrah resulting from the war by estimating a meager population of 400, while�...
Feb 25, 2015 ... It boasted a meager population of 128,000. Its humidity was relentless. Africa's independence era was getting underway, and many of Dar's�...
A meager population of stockman had settled in this region, chiefly among Brady's creek, before the war, but no organization of a county government was�...
... once dotted with hundreds of family farms, hosted only a handful of farming families, while the ruins of the city supported a meager population centered around�...