wherefore
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Wherefore art thou, “Romeo and Juliet”? “The Crown’s” Josh O’Connor and “Fargo’s” Jessie Buckley play the two star-crossed lovers in the National Theatre’s modern-dress staging of Shakespeare’s tragic tale on “Great Performances.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2021
Wherefore Richard M. Nixon, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial and removal from office.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2020
"Wherefore, my respected friends, let us no longer talk of prejudice, till prejudice becomes extinct at home. Let us no longer talk of opposition, till we cease to oppose our own."
From Salon • Jun. 28, 2020
Wherefore with joint and united groaning they poured out their prayer to the Lord, three days before the games.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2019
Wherefore he sent a physician to care for me, who came not again, but left me as before in Dame Ellen's care.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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Vocabulary lists containing wherefore
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 2
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Tolkien Reading Day, List 5
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