Walking up the main staircase you’re greeted by portraits of Mikhail Gorbachev, Pablo Neruda, and, of course, George Washington.
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When those powers emerge, she is greeted with horror by society.
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In many cities, though, rank-and-file police officers are greeting these efforts with an apparent pullback.
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Jon Landau, the producer of both Titanic and Avatar, greeted us as we entered the typical American conference room, with the air-conditioning turned to “Arctic” and thick blue carpet that muted our footsteps.
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So we all greeted the architects’ arrival this week as a sign that things are finally starting to nudge back in the direction of normal.
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"That was crazy," Lynn Jenkins of Kansas muttered to another member as she walked to greet Boehner.
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Her brother Mulbah Sirleaf said Dedee could not be there to greet her child because her “heart was hurting.”
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Those are the first words that slip out of my mouth when I greet Andrew Garfield at a hotel suite in Downtown Toronto.
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Women parade in front of visitors, kiss them on the cheek, and greet them with “Fique à vontade” (Make yourself comfortable).
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Shaw put himself right alongside the line and took a minute to shake hands and greet each delegate.
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A resolve fixed itself at once in her heart; to greet her lover the instant he arrived.
The Daughter of a Magnate|Frank H. Spearman
As they approached the house the children who had been left at home came running out to greet them with joyous shouts of welcome.
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I beg you to greet for me all our old friends in the Palatinate; I curse this war to-day more than ever.
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As our canoe came into the shallows, he sprang down the bank to greet us, hat in hand, his eyes on me.
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It was clear to Andrews that Colonel Darling was about to greet his wife with a kiss; but she forestalled it.
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British Dictionary definitions for greet (1 of 2)
greet1
/ (ɡriːt) /
verb(tr)
to meet or receive with expressions of gladness or welcome
to send a message of friendship to
to receive in a specified mannerher remarks were greeted by silence
to become apparent tothe smell of bread greeted him
Word Origin for greet
Old English grētan; related to Old High German gruozzen to address
British Dictionary definitions for greet (2 of 2)
greet2
/ (ɡriːt) Scot /
verb
(intr)to weep; lament
noun
weeping; lamentation
Word Origin for greet
from Old English grētan, northern dialect variant of grætan; compare Old Norse grāta, Middle High German grazen