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Another assistant has been relieved from all coaching duties and transferred to another location to be a campus staff assistant.

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Murillo stood stone-faced at attention as the judge addressed the court, but seemed relieved once the deadlock was announced.

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The new program should enable Rodarte to send her granddaughter to La Casita five days a week while relieving financial pressure on the school, because the state would cover the tab.

I’ve never been so relieved to see them soften when they look at me.

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One might almost say he looked cheerful, or at least relieved.

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