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Ros Ford, from Alfriston, East Sussex, purchased a copy of Texts and Pretexts by Aldous Huxley for her husband Adam's birthday.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2023

Pretexts for such action were not hard to find under the terms of the constitution; but their political interests suffered so much in the effort that the promoters had to abandon it.

From Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors by Shepherd, William R. (William Robert)

Pretexts, such as it was difficult to find a flaw in, were never wanting on which to ground a fresh absorption of territory.

From Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute by Rodenbough, Theo. F.

Pretexts would not fail him for this second absence, but he had forgotten to calculate on Don Estevan’s suspicions concerning him.

From Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora by Reid, Mayne

Pretexts are, however, not wanting, and the necessity of supporting the King is made paramount to every other consideration.

From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II by Reeve, Henry