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One Swiss visitor recorded Elizabeth as “most lavishly attired in a gown of pure white satin, gold-embroidered, with a whole bird of paradise for panache, set forward on her head studded with costly jewels.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The Trinity Test set forward the first nuclear arms race, nearly leading to armageddon at the height of the Cold War.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
Aliyev said the two former Soviet republics, which fought their last major war in 2020, could reach an agreement quickly if Armenia accepted the principles his country had set forward.
From Reuters ● Apr. 22, 2022
Under the official guidance set forward by the U.S.
From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2021
They set forward their left feet in the same movement and lot fly such a shower of arrows as it had been snow.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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