preliminaries

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Tennyson never made it to the Southern Section track preliminaries after winning the league title.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Earlier, during the preliminaries, someone had led the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance—first to the American flag, then to the state of Texas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

As the preliminaries drew to a close, Mike’s friends gradually started coming upstairs to join him.

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2024

After a successful debut at Tokyo 2020, the skateboarding got under way in Paris with Britons Sky Brown and Lola Tambling competing in the women's park preliminaries.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2024

"Thank you," I said, shifting my weight on my feet and touching the door knob, little moves, polite preliminaries to closing the door.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez