Owning
Release
Release verb - To set free (from a state of being held in check).
Both words in one sentence
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The 1993 film version of The Beverly Hillbillies had repeated jokes involving the absurdity of rich high schoolers all owning cell phones (in one such scene, a phone rings and all the students check their backpacks), which got huge laughs at the time of the film's release.
Source: Hilarious In Hindsight / Film
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