ides of March
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On Monday, a French court rendered a judgment perhaps more appropriate for the ides of March rather than the first of March.
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2021
They called a meeting on the ides of March 1783 to discuss taking the army to Philadelphia and demanding Congress provide pay and supplies.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 21, 2017
But as absolutely everyone with a liberal arts education has already pointed out, on the ides of March we have finally reached a parting of the ways.
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2016
On the ides of March 2011, that assessment appears incomplete and almost mild.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2011
And this is what he says to Julius Caesar: Beware the ides of March.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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