In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
LANGLAUF
Etymology
Noun
langlauf (countable and uncountable, plural langlaufs)
(uncountable) Cross-country skiing.
(countable) A langlauf run; a trip cross-country skiing.
Verb
langlauf (third-person singular simple present langlaufs, present participle langlaufing, simple past and past participle langlaufed)
To go cross-country skiing.
Source: Wiktionary
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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