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<media type="none"/><head><title>Sentence Match</title><task>Type in the word missing from the sentences.</task></head>
<body findword="rise">
<item><text>the alarming ____ in obesity in the US</text></item>
<item><text>the inexorable ____ of oil prices</text></item>
<item><text>the deterioration of our trade balance and the corresponding ____ in protectionism</text></item>
<item><text>The union is demanding a pay ____ of 5%.</text></item>
<item><text>Crime is on the ____.</text></item>
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