primo
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It was a primo gig: Kelly got an hour of the Today show, a Sunday-night newsmagazine program, and a correspondent role during breaking news and political coverage.
From Slate ● May 6, 2026
It’s an extra $60 for the VIP upgrade, which comes with some kind of primo parking.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024
"Everything is built around that primo scare moment."
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2023
In the meantime, Logan's primo, Connor, strolls up to Marcia and offers to purchase the house.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2023
“You’ll need coffee. The primo stuff. And lots of it,” Dr. Blankenship said, starting for the kitchen.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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The silky, beef-infused onion sauce gets spooned over the pasta primi course before the chuck roast arrives as the fall-apart main event.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2021
Oh, the primi were very well! and in fact, had all been flat together, it would have been unnoticeable; while the tempi were marked so clearly, no one had time to criticise and analyze.
From Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 by Sheppard, Elizabeth
Among the class of silly emblems, few books can vie with the Imago primi Soeculi Societatis Jesu.
From Priests, Women, and Families by Michelet, Jules
Antonio Pucci, in the eighty-fifth canto of his Centiloquio, distinctly states that Giotto carved the earlier ones, i primi intagli fe con bello stile, and Pucci was almost Giotto's contemporary.
From The Story of Florence by Gardner, Edmund G.
Cassini, his son and his grandson were only primi inter pares.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
Police say that after a co-ordinated effort between Colombian and British authorities, a criminal group called "los primos" was dismantled.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2023
Bad news, Junior: Your primos already called dibs on your bunk bed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
“It’s a place where people call each other primos and parientes” — cousins and relatives — Garcia, 50, said.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2022
“There was a lot of misinformation being passed around on WhatsApp and that’s where the primos and tías were reading,” Montes said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2022
Being the only officer who could initiate a member, I “had my hands full,” and I at last decided to communicate with the Bradford lodge as to the installation of a few primos in Keighley.
From Adventures and Recollections by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
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Music - Middle School
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