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Verlander didn’t receive the same pomp and circumstance.
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 4 July 2025
But before all that, there is a lot of pomp and circumstance to go through on Inauguration Day.
—Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Jan. 2025
With pomp and circumstance and an aesthetic to match.
—Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 16 June 2025
Unlike Irvin, whose initial inauguration in 2016 – and pretty much every State of the City address that followed – was filled with pomp and circumstance and the energy level of an old-fashioned tent revival, Laesch went more low-key (and less expensive).
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 4 July 2025
But before all that, there is a lot of pomp and circumstance to go through on Inauguration Day.
—Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Jan. 2025
With pomp and circumstance and an aesthetic to match.
—Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 16 June 2025
Unlike Irvin, whose initial inauguration in 2016 – and pretty much every State of the City address that followed – was filled with pomp and circumstance and the energy level of an old-fashioned tent revival, Laesch went more low-key (and less expensive).
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
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“Pomp and circumstance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pomp%20and%20circumstance. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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