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scenes



NOUN
part of a dramatic performance
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




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Those lawsuits failed, but Venice Dell proponents alleged in a July 2024 lawsuit that Park and Feldstein Soto took up where neighborhood critics failed in court and worked behind the scenes to thwart the project.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Residents who spoke to AFP described scenes of terror during the earthquake, with many saying the area was no longer safe enough to call home.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

In the West Bank, local Palestinian sources and Palestinian official news agency Wafa reported that Israeli forces closed two checkpoints at entrances to the city of Tulkarem, located north of the scenes of the attacks.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Part of this was to introduce the wide range of great writers and minds working behind the scenes in this small newsroom.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

The meeting was held in secret, and the parliamentarian, who spoke perfect English, having been educated at Oxford, asked for anonymity, which he believed would enable him to better work behind the scenes.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady



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