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Hours were marked by peals of screams following every uncovered worm wriggling in the corn silks, and each of us proudly showing off our inky fingertips from pressing out purple hull peas from their pods.

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Westminster Abbey's bells then pealed 80 times to remember the years since the first VE Day.

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Dressed in a stunning wash of brightly colored patterns with a thick string of peals, large hoop earrings and white fishnet stockings, Von Furstenberg radiates an effortless glamour.

“We cheered and cheered again and again, while church bells rang out in a peal of jubilation.”

The trickle of music played, then peals of laughter.

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

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