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As a child, Baruch said, he would find brief reprieve from the tolls of addiction by visiting his grandmother’s house.

There had been a brief reprieve for the Windy City.

From Salon

Last year, when the pair became new — and newly exhausted — parents, their reprieve was watching a TV show on a streaming service while their daughter napped.

However, in a last-minute reprieve, the High Court in London gave him at least 14 days to make representations to support his claim that he was a victim of modern slavery.

From BBC

The win over Japan clearly lifts a huge weight off Pochettino and his players, but the reprieve may be temporary.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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