This specific example reflected a more general problem: Our political system and structures are not set up “to promote the general welfare,” as the preamble to the Constitution promises.

It was hardly the preamble Riley had hoped for ahead of the early signing window, at the start of his fourth season as the Trojans coach.

In the preamble to Tuesday, Rodgers outlined his goals for the night.

The Hanley moment happened almost in slow motion, but of course, it needed the preamble of a rousing Scotland comeback to set the scene for its full horror.

That day the king also bowed to demands that he ratify the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, which became the preamble to the first written constitution of France in 1791.