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Perhaps the most important lesson is that a running back’s shelf life is preciously short.
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Tim Graham, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2025
Indeed, one of the reasons some men left the League was their perception that the institution treated women too preciously and that the school administration labored to cultivate a puritanical atmosphere in a place that was by nature loose and raucous.
—Anne Halsey, JSTOR Daily, 6 Aug. 2025
German cockroaches are a major source of allergens inside the home, Hayes preciously told the Observer.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile the arches present in the shelving nods to the factory’s furnaces, and the display cases take inspiration from trunks that preciously carried Baccarat pieces to the World Fair on stagecoaches throughout the 19th century.
—Marissa Muller, WWD, 12 Feb. 2025
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Tim Graham, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2025
Indeed, one of the reasons some men left the League was their perception that the institution treated women too preciously and that the school administration labored to cultivate a puritanical atmosphere in a place that was by nature loose and raucous.
—Anne Halsey, JSTOR Daily, 6 Aug. 2025
German cockroaches are a major source of allergens inside the home, Hayes preciously told the Observer.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile the arches present in the shelving nods to the factory’s furnaces, and the display cases take inspiration from trunks that preciously carried Baccarat pieces to the World Fair on stagecoaches throughout the 19th century.
—Marissa Muller, WWD, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Preciously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preciously. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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