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With such a glaring need at left tackle this past season, why didn’t the Chiefs turn to the previous year’s starter —Donovan Smith?—
Jeff Fedotin,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025 -
According to the report’s overview, some of the most glaring issues included the team’s food program.—
Paulina Dedaj,
Fox News,
26 Feb. 2025
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In just one week, skywatchers across North America will witness a spectacular total lunar eclipse, also known as a Blood Moon.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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The whiskey sits in its own category, so remove all expectations because it has been transformed in a pretty spectacular way.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
6 Mar. 2025
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Still, there’s great friction in this story line, because Bridger and Young’s dialogue is simultaneously so florid and pointed, and because the actors playing the Mormon baddies really gnaw on their villainy.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2025
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But sentimentality suits Flanagan, whose florid writing style is well matched by the high-concept ideas explored here.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
1 Jan. 2025
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At night, many of these fishing vessels turn on bright lights to lure squid to the surface, where they are harvested using a large net.—
Avery Schmitz,
CNN,
10 Mar. 2025
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That’s exactly what happens, but our eyes (which are not blessed with high dynamic range) see a bright side of the moon and an almost black side as Earth’s shadow travels across it.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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This vividly hued Los Angeles residence has hosted its fair share of fancy shindigs overflowing with celebrity guests, all courtesy of longtime owners Brian Loucks and Cedering Fox‘s popular music and literary salons.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
10 Mar. 2025
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Emerging from the human printer never gets old, and there's one exceptional bit of slapstick where 17 is poisoned (on purpose, of course) at a fancy dinner.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
6 Mar. 2025
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The movie’s lurid hues come off as ominous intrusions, disturbances of the regular order.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2025
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However, the lurid thoughts communicated in Johanne’s prose are enough to send Kristin and Karin into a spiral over how Johanne could possibly have come to felt this way.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
24 Feb. 2025
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Image Those actions were, apparently, tawdry means to an end.—
Richard Fausset,
New York Times,
30 Dec. 2024
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Managers leapt at the chance to democratize theater and shed the tawdrier aspects of its reputation, and pantomime was a great way to do so.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Dec. 2024
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Teens and tweens get their own snazzy club lounges (called Vibe for teens and Edge for tweens), and babysitting is available in a nursery for babies and toddlers ages 6 months to 3 years, for a fee.—
Fran Golden,
AFAR Media,
28 Jan. 2025
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Another adorable moment happened with Craig's son, who was dressed in a snazzy suit for the occasion.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Southern Living,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Overbright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overbright. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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