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      <image:caption>AURORA (noun) A natural electrical phenomenon caused by the interaction of charged particles from the sun with atoms in the upper atmosphere - called aurora borealis or Northern Lights and aurora australis or Southern Lights Goddess of the dawn (Roman mythology) Posted 31 October 2018</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>BYWORD (noun) - a person or thing cited as a notable and outstanding example or embodiment of something, a word or expression summarising a thing’s characteristics or a person’s principles Posted 2 December 2018</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>QUIZ (noun) - a competition involving a set of questions as a test of knowledge A short word story posted 20 December 2018</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Gift (noun) - a thing given willingly to someone without payment; a present. A natural ability or talent. A short word story posted 18 January 2019</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>VISIT (noun) - to see someone socially or for a specific purpose, to spend time with A short word story posted 7 April 2019</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>AGOG (adjective) - eager, expectant, curious, highly excited A short word story posted 27 May 2019</image:caption>
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      <image:title>F Word Collection</image:title>
      <image:caption>SHORT WORD STORIES - FABLE to FUZZY</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/facility</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2019-08-21</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b7f8a111137a606ade9b466/1566356353241-O1JNVV6NFYUPGPJ68TL2/AdobeStock_21594181.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Facility</image:title>
      <image:caption>FACILITY (noun) - a place, amenity, or piece of equipment provided for a particular purpose or a natural ability or skill to do or learn something well and easily. A Short Word Story posted 20 August 2019</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/affinity</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2019-09-20</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b7f8a111137a606ade9b466/1568947642077-DMABBEZCZTUHVTFM0Z4T/AdobeStock_191608521.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Affinity</image:title>
      <image:caption>AFFINITY (noun) - a natural liking or understanding, a close relationship between similar people or things. A Short Word Story posted 21 September 2019</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/vocation</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-06-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b7f8a111137a606ade9b466/1570517916626-WVUPPB3HMIESFAONC4LT/AdobeStock_233877324.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Vocation</image:title>
      <image:caption>VOCATION (noun) - a strong feeling that you should pursue a certain career, a career or way of life An original short word story posted 7 October 2019</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/evolution</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2019-10-27</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b7f8a111137a606ade9b466/1572145277355-2AEP5N4LE4JI2KSLMON2/AdobeStock_165083289.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Evolution</image:title>
      <image:caption>EVOLUTION (noun) - the process by which different kinds of living organism develop from earlier forms, gradual development An original short word story posted 27 October 2019</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/e-word-collection</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-09-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b7f8a111137a606ade9b466/1572149470784-A6C0FTBNP3YMWP7OL9B3/AdobeStock_183187149.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>E Word Collection</image:title>
      <image:caption>SHORT WORD STORIES - EACH to EYRIE</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/perennial</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2019-11-14</lastmod>
    <image:image>
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      <image:title>Perennial</image:title>
      <image:caption>PERENNIAL (noun/adjective) - long lasting, existing for a long or apparently infinite time, enduring or continually recurring, (of a plant) living for more than two years. An original short story posted 14 November 2019</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/p-word-collection-1</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-05-13</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b7f8a111137a606ade9b466/1573697375771-60B64AKCMIKIAIBL4Q2G/AdobeStock_188073554.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>P Word Collection</image:title>
      <image:caption>SHORT WORD STORIES - PACE to PYTHON</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/audacious</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-06-07</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b7f8a111137a606ade9b466/1588484031827-5JEFNM9BZRJ4J7WVKXIH/AdobeStock_305143216.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Audacious</image:title>
      <image:caption>Audacious (adjective) - showing a willingness to take surprising, bold or daring risks, showing an impudent lack of respect. An original short word story posted 3 May 2020.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/i-word-collection</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-06-07</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b7f8a111137a606ade9b466/1591500402508-3Q58CVH2SCGRXYK8L3K4/AdobeStock_183968579.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>I Word Collection</image:title>
      <image:caption>SHORT WORD STORIES - IAMBIC to IVY</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/irony</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-06-07</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b7f8a111137a606ade9b466/1591498359788-3CV2EDVRHOEPSRWV8HQ0/AdobeStock_120278623.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Irony</image:title>
      <image:caption>IRONY (noun) - the use of words that say the opposite of what you mean so as to amuse or to make a point, aspects of a situation that are opposite to what are expected. An original short word story post 7 June 2020</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/a-word-collection</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-09-24</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b7f8a111137a606ade9b466/1632527813116-0J9LHJOY9C7NEGDLS6Y8/AdobeStock_182255293-2.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>A Word Collection</image:title>
    </image:image>
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      <image:title>A Word Collection</image:title>
      <image:caption>SHORT WORD STORIES - AARDVARK to AZURE</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/history</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-07-22</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b7f8a111137a606ade9b466/1597031236515-MGJ4IEBGAVNURHVN49VE/IMG_0039.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>History</image:title>
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      <image:title>History</image:title>
      <image:caption>HISTORY (noun) - the study or record of past events, the past, past events connected with someone or something.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/brook</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-08-09</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b7f8a111137a606ade9b466/1596957504188-ZQF8N5KX4LXLH9WOSI43/AdobeStock_81477212.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Brook</image:title>
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      <image:title>Brook</image:title>
      <image:caption>BROOK (noun) - a small stream, (verb) - tolerate, stand, allow, suffer An original short word story posted 9th August 2020</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/w-word-collection</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-09-08</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b7f8a111137a606ade9b466/1599524335013-K31EA5CK6K2X57ZN0E5D/AdobeStock_188963350.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>W Word Collection</image:title>
      <image:caption>SHORT WORD STORIES - WACKY to WRY</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/whisper</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-09-08</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b7f8a111137a606ade9b466/1599194652666-JHFSGLA961UWP63AZB1C/AdobeStock_39753377.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Whisper</image:title>
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      <image:title>Whisper</image:title>
      <image:caption>WHISPER - (verb) speak softly using one’s breath for secrecy. An original short word story posted 8 September 2020</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/r-word-collection</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-10-14</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b7f8a111137a606ade9b466/1602552866256-6UO7TJNLPYAVTKZKLKSO/AdobeStock_188074134.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>R Word Collection</image:title>
      <image:caption>SHORT WORD STORIES - RABBI to RYE</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/respect</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-10-14</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b7f8a111137a606ade9b466/1602662700966-DMUEQA0BMJ4BCYLA12VH/AdobeStock_33298270.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Respect</image:title>
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      <image:title>Respect</image:title>
      <image:caption>RESPECT (noun) - acceptance without judgment, acceptance of who you are without ridicule. An original short word story posted 14 October 2020.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/c-word-collection</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-11-13</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b7f8a111137a606ade9b466/1621845078176-9J1KPVDK2JP5ESLTWLJ3/AdobeStock_182255601.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>C Word Collection</image:title>
      <image:caption>SHORT WORD STORIES - CAB to CZAR</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/cruise</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-05-24</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b7f8a111137a606ade9b466/1636778750644-TXOH3EELW3FZ8R5YAWSG/AdobeStock_86725911-2.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Cruise</image:title>
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      <image:title>Cruise</image:title>
      <image:caption>CRUISE (verb) - travel around slowly, travel at a moderate speed, a voyage or holiday taken on a ship An original Short Word Story posted 24 May 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/sorry</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-04-19</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b7f8a111137a606ade9b466/1629786993557-6UL7DGIAD1E8RFE96L0I/AdobeStock_424027055.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Sorry</image:title>
    </image:image>
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      <image:title>Sorry</image:title>
      <image:caption>SORRY (adjective) - feeling sympathy for another, feeling regret, in a bad or pitiful state. An original short word story posted 25 August 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/s-word-collection</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-08-24</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b7f8a111137a606ade9b466/1629786460782-TWXGK6BL20SP61Z9Y6FG/AdobeStock_188074423.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>S Word Collection</image:title>
      <image:caption>THE LETTER ‘S’ SHORT WORD STORIES - SABBATH to SYSTEMIC</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/cab</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-04-17</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b7f8a111137a606ade9b466/1636778274845-Y4EVBW72SIIVLEZVUSUH/AdobeStock_208749063.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Cab</image:title>
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      <image:title>Cab</image:title>
      <image:caption>CAB (noun) — a taxi or the driver’s compartment of a truck, train or bus An original short (word) story posted 13 November, 2021</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/dab</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-04-19</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b7f8a111137a606ade9b466/1650343930129-ILLNZ4ZVQP471JXP1ZNO/AdobeStock_302493592.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Dab</image:title>
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      <image:title>Dab</image:title>
      <image:caption>DAB (verb) - press lightly with something, apply with light, quick strokes, (noun) a small amount Posted 18 April 2022</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/d-word-collection</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-04-19</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b7f8a111137a606ade9b466/1650346691716-1UT6YHTU6HPORFV389VK/AdobeStock_189540464.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>D Word Collection</image:title>
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      <image:title>D Word Collection</image:title>
      <image:caption>SHORT WORD STORIES - DAB to DYSPEPSIA</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/each</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-09-01</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b7f8a111137a606ade9b466/1661066308694-8VFVLD48U4F9NW33SNAN/AdobeStock_509480043.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Each</image:title>
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      <image:title>Each</image:title>
      <image:caption>Definition (adjective, pronoun or adverb) - every one of two or more regard separately, or to, for or by every one of a group. An original short word story posted 21 August 2023</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/fable</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-05-25</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Fable</image:title>
      <image:caption>Definition (noun) - a story with a moral or based on a myth An original short word story posted on 30 August 2022</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/gab</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-09-06</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Gab</image:title>
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      <image:title>Gab</image:title>
      <image:caption>GAB (verb) - informal talk at length, be persuasive, fluent An original short word story posted 25 May 2024</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.btswords.com/haberdasher</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-09-03</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Haberdasher</image:title>
      <image:caption>HABERDASHER (noun) - a trader or dealer in sewing, tailoring or dressmaking items An original Short Word Story posted 02 September 2025</image:caption>
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