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Pass Before the Sun

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I pass before the sun and move things about, yet make no shadow. What am I?
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Hurt Without Moving

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We hurt without moving. We poison without touching. We bear the truth and the lies. We are not to be judged by our size.
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Son of Water

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I'm the son of water but when I return to water I die. What am I?
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Invisible Measurement

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I can be measured, but never seen. What am I?
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Past, present and future

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You'll always find me in the past. I can be created in the present, but the future can never taint me. What am I?
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Tall When Young

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I'm tall when I'm young and short when I'm old. What am I?
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White, Black and Fast

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I am white and I am black. I am not fat because I need to be fast. I confuse many people with my style. What am I?
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More or Less

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When you have more of me, you see a lot less. What am I?
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Between Sea and Sky

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I am always there, some distance away, somewhere between land or sea and sky I fly, you may move towards me, yet distant I shall stay.
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Dark and On the Run

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They are dark and on the run, and without sun there will be none. What are they?
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My Brother and I

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I always follow my brother, though very different we are. You can see him but not me, you can hear me, but not him.
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Through Cities and Towns

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I go through cities, towns and villages, but I never come inside. What am I?
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A Foot But No Leg

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What has a foot, but no leg?
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Make, Save, Change and Raise

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People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?
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4 Legs But Can't Walk

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I have 4 legs but I can't walk. What am I?
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Plenty of Backbone

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I can sizzle like bacon, I am made with an egg, I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg. I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole, I can be long like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole. What am I?
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The Shortest Sentence

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I am the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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Hold Me Tight

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Lifeless eyes on my smiling face and watch your child's sleeping place. In their dreams they hold me tight. What am I?
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Pale and Chill

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Though I wander the earth, I am no longer here. I am pale and I chill everyone near. What am I?
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The Mistake Fixer

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My neighbor makes mistakes. I get rid of them. what am I?
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Stays When it Goes Off

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What stays where it is when it goes off?
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A President's Favorite Riddle

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A favorite by Teddy Roosevelt: "I talk, but I do not speak my mind I hear words, but I do not listen to thoughts When I wake, all see me When I sleep, all hear me Many heads are on my shoulders Many hands are at my feet The strongest steel cannot break my visage But the softest whisper can destroy me The quietest whimper can be heard."
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Everything and Nothing

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Turn me on my side and I am everything. Cut me in half and I am nothing. What am I?
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If I have it, I don't share it

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If I have it, I don't share it. If I share it, I don't have it. What is it?
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Die in the Light

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I can only live where there is light, but I die if the light shines on me. What am I?
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The Word Master

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I do not speak, but there is no word I cannot make. What am I?
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What is This Fruit?

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I am a fruit. If you had two of me, I would sound just the same. If you rearrange my letters, it could be a crime. Add me to a montage and I can become a different fruit. Remove my head and you can still listen; take away the end and I can still be eaten. Without a piece of the center, I am still a word; take away all of the middle and I am just an acronym. What am I?
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Catch But Not Throw

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What can you catch, but not throw?
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Everyone Needs It

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Everyone needs it. Everyone gives it. But few ever take it. What is it?
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Without Wanting

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I cause your vehicle to move without wanting to. What am I?
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