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The White House said Trump has a good relationship with the Vatican, which it said was strengthened when Vice President JD Vance attended Leo’s inaugural mass last year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
It is also the inaugural crewed flight of NASA's new lunar rocket, dubbed SLS.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
At the board’s inaugural meeting in Washington, Steve Witkoff announced a deal for the U.S. and Pakistan to jointly redevelop the Roosevelt Hotel in New York, owned by Pakistan’s loss-making airline.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
Contracted runners had been promised lucrative prize money and salaries in the competition's inaugural season, but the final event was cancelled and organisers later voluntarily filed for bankruptcy in the US.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
The day before his inaugural Feral Hog Hunt, Colin Singleton prepared the only way Colin Singleton would: by reading.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
Vocabulary lists containing inaugural
"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak, Part Four
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First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
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