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That game could be vital in the grand scheme of the season, due to Hearts and Celtic meeting at Tynecastle the same day.
From BBC
Phoenix and Mara were in attendance when the film received a record 23-minute standing ovation following its September world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, where it also won the grand jury prize.
From BBC
“Not many ways to describe this other than a grand victory for Edinburgh Worldwide, against the odds,” Halberstadt said.
A grand east-west cross axis defines Washington, running west from the Anacostia to the Capitol, through the National Mall, past the Washington Monument, and to the Lincoln Memorial at the Potomac.
Earlier this month, the Justice Department issued grand jury subpoenas concerning Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s congressional testimony about the central bank’s building renovations.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
