I _____ many unnecessary words in my article, leaving it much shorter.

You _______ an A on your term paper, but you quoted a little bit more from others’ papers.

People stood around in small huddles,_____ the rain. [ ]

The engineers made two big plans for the dam, ____ was never put in force.

I’m not sure what will happen during the trip, _____, I will try all possible means to get there [ ]