gratefully
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What strategies do you suggest for someone who is slowly and gratefully heading toward retirement?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
With the clock ticking down, Wade carried Newcastle forward with a trademark burst down the wing, but the home side were eventually guilty of holding on as Leicester gratefully kicked to touch to claim victory.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
But, gratefully, when we get together to write Valerie Cherish and her world again, it’s somehow more exciting than daunting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Additional support for science analysis from the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica in Italy; and the Centre National d'Études Spatiales in France is gratefully acknowledged.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
We all smiled gratefully and thanked our grandmother when she pulled the tags off our new outfits, handed them to the saleslady, and said, “They’ll be wearing these out.”
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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