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pruh pi shuhs

  • a  presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success
    propitious omens
    propitious gales speeded us along
    a propitious alignment of planets for space exploration

  • The political climate is propitious to push the women's reservation bill in the parliament. .
  • Batista's procedure could not have come at a more propitious time.
  • Buying a home is considered especially propitious.
Quotes

  • Pope Benedict XVI in International Herald Tribune
    I therefore was given the propitious occasion to renew my sentiments of esteem for Muslims and the Islamic civilization,Benedict added. "At the same time I was able to insist on the importance that Christians and Muslims work together for...
  • Desmond Tutu in FOXNews
    We think it's a very exciting time, a propitious time, and we want to be able to tell the people that nowhere in the world do you really have what are intractable problems,Tutu said.
  • Fidel Castro in Reuters India
    The circumstances are more propitious than ever for the flowering of those ideas of revolution that Che spoke of,Castro said.

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