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These two songs are worthy emissaries of the general vibe here.

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They profess to be emissaries of a deity called “Sleep,” and title songs like “The Night Does Not Belong to God.”

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He was the face of the right wing and Trump's emissary.

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Nicolls and his emissaries were to bring the Puritans there to heel, to compel them to put aside recent differences and respect the king and his government.

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In Washington, Trump backed his emissary’s threats, saying: “China is running the Panama Canal… and we’re going to take it back, or something very powerful is going to happen.”

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

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