preamble

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“Too many approaches to peace-building foster perpetual dependency, and institutionalize crisis rather than leading people beyond it,” the charter’s preamble says, calling for “a coalition of willing States committed to practical cooperation and effective action.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

Looking at it now, in a time of endless preamble and an on-stage banterfest that would test the patience of a saint, they moved at breakneck speed back then.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

He gives us plenty of time to think about what we’re really watching: not must-see television, but the preamble to a funeral.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025

But this is mere preamble to the galleries below.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 2025

After a few paragraphs, Marie-Laure says without preamble, “Tell me about that bedroom upstairs. Across from the one 1 sleep in.”

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr