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"I do a really nice roast chicken. I love doing a spread of tacos and salads… but the best hangover cure's a proper English breakfast. That'll get me right in the morning."
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Andersen Group, a financial advisory services firm, started trading last December and has already carved out a proper base.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
In theory, the majority might have felt it was proper for the lower court to take the first stab as a matter of appellate procedure.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
Further analysis showed that their brown fat lacked proper nerve structure and an adequate network of blood vessels.
From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026
One of them is a banty hen we call Hawk, and since she is at least partially a creature of the woods it might be proper to tell about her here.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.