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prelude

[prel-yood, preyl-, prey-lood, pree-] / ˈprɛl jud, ˈpreɪl-, ˈpreɪ lud, ˈpri- /


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“A Prelude to Immortality” is best enjoyed by Churchill aficionados looking for a swim in the pool’s deep end.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

In this and other ways the new Prelude does not, and cannot, offer buyers the same kind of passionately bonded relationship as the old cars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

As an encore for this unhackneyed recital, Malofeev turned Rachmaninoff’s ultra-hackneyed Prelude in C Minor into something so monumentally thunderous that it nearly overwhelmed all that had come before it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025

Art-rock group The Last Dinner Party took the title last year, and went on to top the charts with their debut album, Prelude To Ecstasy.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2025

And Mary said: "My soul doth magnify the Lord." 1st Prelude.

From Mater Christi Meditations on Our Lady by Paul, Mother St.




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