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barring
    except for; unless there is/are
    
    Source: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
    
    wheedle
    to use flattery or coaxing to persuade someone to do something or give one something.
    
    Source: Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince
    
    marshal
    to arrange or assemble (a group of people, especially soldiers) in order.
    
    Source: Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince
    
    blasé
    unimpressed or indifferent to something because one has experienced or seen it so often before.
    
    Source: Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince
    
    startling
    very surprising, astonishing, or impressive.
    
    Source: Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince