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That is a precious back-up option - one which has helped Wales in the past - but Bellamy will be aiming to qualify automatically.

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Heritage Auctions' executive vice president Joe Maddalena said the slippers were precious and were probably "the most important prop in Hollywood history".

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There were stories everywhere - precious everyday memories, like the time she spent with her sister and the lively family discussions around the dinner table.

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A slim science fiction novel that looks at our “precious and precarious” world through the eyes of six astronauts on the International Space Station has won the 2024 Booker Prize.

He told the BBC he might have sought help to die if it had been an option after he was diagnosed, but now says life is precious and he is opposed to assisted dying.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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