tenor
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Anthony León is her lyrical tenor fiancé, Ernesto Petti Meg’s lordly loutish jealous husband and Nathan Bowles the loutish Dr. Caius.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
Assassination attempts can also soften the tenor of how the media covers presidents.
From Slate • Apr. 26, 2026
Finnish conductor Sakari Oramo will oversee the celebrations for the seventh time, alongside tenor Nicky Spence and pianist Yuja Wang, who will give the Proms' debut of Samuel Barber's Pulitzer Prize-winning Piano Concerto.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
They view the inflation spurt as the immediate issue that bonds will continue to fret over, keeping long tenor yields elevated.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Sarai gathered, from the tenor of the debate, that she had been kissing the ghosts.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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Julius Caesar
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Excerpt from "The Philosophy of Literary Form" by Kenneth Burke
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Music - Introductory
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