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After a few songs, the band’s frontman called Mr. Blinken onstage on Tuesday and, by prearrangement, America’s top diplomat slung a red Gibson guitar over his shoulder.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

By prearrangement, “Dan Rather: Stories of a Lifetime” ran for only two performances.

From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2020

By prearrangement, the young panda, a male known as Tai Shan, was later sent to China.

From New York Times • May 9, 2010

The plane then departed for Czechoslovakia, taking the place of a scheduled Pakistan International Airlines commercial flight that was aborted at the last minute by prearrangement.

From Time Magazine Archive

The next day, by prearrangement, all the Egyptians met in the alley and entered the land of Egypt together.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder