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Recent Examples of deglamorizeWhite’s willingness to deglamorize stardom — to take roles that subverted her celebrity or to be funny and frank — makes clear that for her, the town was, first and foremost, a workplace.—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 6 Jan. 2022 The camera became a handy tool for those, labeled Minimalists or Conceptualists, who wanted to deglamorize the world (and the artist’s role) by documenting mundane things or repeated actions.—Richard B. Woodward, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2017
While not always the case, most stairwells are located in the center of a building, away from windows and exterior walls, which can help minimize damage from weather events.
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Maddie Topliff,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 June 2025
Here are recommendations for maintaining safety during a thunderstorm:
To minimize risk of being struck by lightning, when going outside, have a plan to get to a safer place.
For some reason, backup quarterbacks who make decent money are often disparaged when they should be celebrated.
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Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
5 June 2025
The leader responded on social media, disparaging Springsteen, and the rocker made sure to include his speech on the EP — a move that may have helped turn it into a bestseller.
Orozco’s stickers of abstraction posed the question of whether abstraction—denigrated to its lowest possible level—could now serve as a last sign of resistance and redemption from the totalitarian conditions of reification.
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Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
Sensational journalism brought national attention to the feuding families and spawned the hillbilly stereotypes that still denigrate rural Appalachians.
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