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Celebrity Traitors, aired on the BBC, is a spin-off of the TV show Traitors UK, which sees some of contestants assigned as "traitors", while the remaining "faithful" contestants must attempt to root them out.

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The first thing he saw was that departures to LaGuardia were delayed due to air-traffic-control staffing issues—and her 6:30 p.m. flight had been assigned a takeoff slot of 12:21 a.m.

The Sherman brothers were struggling Hollywood songwriters when Walt Disney assigned them to his adaptation of “Mary Poppins.”

But why is American wine assigned to this one particular day, this particular meal?

The credit rating assigned by agencies like Moody's or S&P influences investor confidence and helps determine the interest rate the government will have to pay on money it borrows.

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

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