relief
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"The only way to preserve the district court's ability to grant relief to the United States after a full merits proceeding, therefore, is to segregate the challenged ballots now," Sauer said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
If the truce brought a rare moment of relief to Oleshky, it has done little to alter the wider trajectory of a war that grinds on for now.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Kaiser also said that after the midterm elections, Citi is “hopeful for relief in areas like power generation, but uncertainty is too high to pursue that quite yet.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
Still, it is something of a relief to see women running for office being treated as unremarkable.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
And on the rare occasion that I do see a Black face, there’s an unmistakable sense of relief.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 6
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 6
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