using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

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public class Program

{

    public class Car

    {

        public List<string> wheels

        {

            get;

            set;

        }

    }

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    public static void Main()

    {

            var listToOrderBy = new List<string>() { "first", "fourth" };

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            List<List<string>> listToSort = new List<List<string>>

            {

                new List<string> { "first", "second" },

                new List<string> { "fourth", "second" },

                new List<string> { "first", "third" }

            };

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            listToSort = listToSort.OrderBy(x =>

            {

                foreach (var item in x)

                {

                    var foundPosition = listToOrderBy.IndexOf(item);

                    if (foundPosition != -1)

                    {

                        return foundPosition;

                    }

                }

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                //Not found in list? Returning max int value

                return int.MaxValue;

            }).ToList();

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            foreach (var sortedList in listToSort)

            {

                Console.WriteLine(string.Join(" ", sortedList));

            }

    }

} 

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