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They rightly believe that it’s hard to go back to mediocrity after you’ve tasted excellence.

From Salon

“Emma is rightly free to disagree with me and indeed to discuss her feelings about me in public — but I have the same right, and I’ve finally decided to exercise it,” Rowling said.

It appeared to have been sent a few weeks after she said in an interview that Epstein was "rightly jailed" in 2008, and that she had broken off contact with him.

From BBC

"She is a confident woman who rightly stood up for herself and, just as importantly, stood up for those more vulnerable than her."

From BBC

"Following the tragic death of former Liverpool Women head coach Matt Beard last night, Liverpool's players were rightly offered the opportunity to postpone today's Barclays WSL fixture," Aston Villa said in a statement.

From BBC

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

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