Preceding
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In Blade Runner, Zhora is dramatically defenestrated, though she was probably 'retired' by the preceding gunshots.
Source: Destination Defenestration -
Ominous Fog: Preceding several wrestler's entrances, especially Misawa's Retired Badass: Harley Race, who showed up as late as 2014 with a cane Ronin: In 2010, NOAH introduced a character named RONIN.
Source: Wrestling / Pro Wrestling NOAH
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Retired and Preceding. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/preceding/retired
Preceding & Retired. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/preceding/retired>.
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