preamble

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And she became angry when the nurses in Puerto Asís took the baby from her arms and, without preamble, whisked him off to intensive care.

From New York Times

The preamble of Indonesia’s 1945 Constitution states: “Whereas Independence is the inalienable right of all nations; therefore, colonialism must be abolished in the world as it is not in conformity with humanity and justice.”

From Washington Times

But a prospective preamble to the statements that said the companies had “deliberately deceived the American public” was struck down by an appeals court in 2015.

From New York Times

Slowly but surely, it dawned on me that the authors had articulated a sound, sensible and compelling vision about how realize the promise embedded in the preamble to the U.S.

From Salon

In what appeared to be a preamble to clearing the demonstrations in Ottawa, the Ottawa Police Service on Wednesday distributed leaflets warning protesters to leave or risk being arrested.

From New York Times