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Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour called the US's decision "deeply regrettable and painful", saying it had prevented the Security Council from "playing its rightful role in the face of these atrocities".

From BBC

They conclude: “We must take back our politics. We need to restore the rightful role of science in our political and societal discourse.”

The couple insist they are the rightful owners of the artwork, which they had inherited, according to Argentina's La Nacion newspaper.

From BBC

And the songwriting is one step up; if you’ve followed her career, you’ll see it as the rightful culmination of her years and years of digging in and continuing to do the work.

From Salon

Both persuaded themselves and a sizable portion of their admirers that their greed was the rightful spoils of their genius.

From Salon

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

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