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Here’s a trivia question for your holiday road trip: In which five U.S. metropolitan areas did the consumer-price index rise by less than 2% over the preceding 12 months?
It is preceded by musings that perhaps a king shouldn’t have the absolute powers he does—which felt like a perfunctory contemporary allusion.
It’s a quietly devastating moment that conveys everything you need to know about the pair, their relationship and their commitment to the Rebellion — even if you hadn’t watched everything that preceded it.
From Los Angeles Times
Rubio and his aides had already terminated hundreds of programs in preceding days.
From Salon
The orchestra will deliver its full 2028/29 season across London and on tour, with the two preceding seasons at the Barbican as planned.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
