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But 2015 provided a startling exception.

The spectacular arrest of the alleged Fifa corruptibles in Zurich provided a startling example of hegemony in action.

The spectacular arrest of the alleged Fifa corruptibles in Zurich provided a startling example of hegemony in action.

For the Bears (9-4), this game, which sent frozen fans streaming to their cars with four minutes remaining in the second quarter, provided a startling reality check.

Before the court came to the racially abusive remark, it had to establish the context for it, an exercise that provided a startling insight into traditional soccer-field discourse.

Meanwhile, in Australia, there has been a fascinating conversation going on below the line on Jane Griffiths's piece about critical reaction to her reworking of Antigone, in which she suggests that the reviews provided a startling example of the way criticism is gendered.

This scattering of white provides a startling reality check.

The report, financed in part by the Ford Foundation and the Elton John AIDS Foundation, provides a startling new perspective on an epidemic that was first recognized in 1981.

The trees provide a startling counterpoint of color and contour to the uniformly tan and rectilinear houses and walls surrounding them.

Calling it a "tour de force", Hasluck praised its "trenchant satire" which provides "a startling interrogation of dictatorship, religious fundamentalism and abuse of power".

Richard Pevear, in an eloquent introduction, provides a startling example of the ways in which translators do not simply tidy up texts but make things "clear" that they deem obscure.