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[ray] / reɪ /




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Opera Philadelphia opened its season last week at the Academy of Music with a rarity: Mozart’s “Mitridate, re di Ponto,” written in 1770 for Milan when the composer was 14 years old.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

To investigate further, the team re examined every fossil bone previously identified as belonging to geese.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

“We have received quite a lot of messages re Coachella, we are so gutted, guys,” Lunny continued in the post.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

John: Lack of re investment of the transfer revenue clearly demonstrates the lack of ambition of the club.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025

I decide questions about me borrowing her sunglasses are easier to take than questions re my eyes, so I put them back on.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

We begin in medias res as the unnamed author frets about his choice to begin at chapter 13 rather than the more traditional chapter 1.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

The law deems them res nullius, which literally means a thing belonging to nobody - so responsibility falls to individual landowners.

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2025

Nevertheless, if you’re exhausted with voiceover exposition, you’re probably also over in medias res openers, i.e. starting with a scene from the middle of the story before flashing back to the beginning.

From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2025

Birria de res — stewed beef — is on menus across town after it truly hit Southern California last decade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2024

After 1900, for all the gentlemen above referred to, the proposition was always res adjudicata.

From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. Blount


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