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[prompt-lee] / ˈprɒmpt li /


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“There’s some gnarly stuff on that record,” says Gibbard, who’d moved to L.A. to be with Deschanel then promptly left as soon as their marriage collapsed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Local authorities are expected to conduct spot checks on the work of their jurisdiction's production firms, which will be required to promptly rectify any issues that surface, said the media regulator.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Thankfully, the U.S. acquitted itself adequately, reaching the first knockout round, when the team was promptly clipped—on July 4, no less—by the eventual winner, Brazil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The pieces were on loan from a Bucharest museum, whose head was promptly sacked for lending the works out in the first place.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

In September 1965, a white landlord named Abe Greenberg bought more than a score of properties in East Durham and promptly raised rents, although he had not made any improvements to the dilapidated houses.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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