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The major non-NATO ally designation will deepen defense cooperation and was celebrated as a momentous victory in Saudi Arabia’s state-controlled press.

It was the most momentous event in UK history since World War Two.

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Her job was to wait for this momentous event to occur, after which she would do her best to reel in the fish.

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Instead, she planned to stay in “private contemplation, out of respect for the momentous events which are about to occur.”

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His eyes suddenly snapped up like he’d just made a momentous discovery.

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

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