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At the time, Riley wasn’t even talking about Herro, but rather of another year of seeming regular-season indifference from Jimmy Butler and the sometimes schedule of the since-dealt disgruntled forward Still, that’s what made last week’s victory over the Atlanta Hawks so meaningful for Herro.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2025 -
An informal survey of non-students around downtown Elon Wednesday suggested at least a touch of indifference.—
Josh Shaffer,
Hartford Courant,
29 Mar. 2025
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Most of Ukraine’s ravaged cultural sites are like the shelled Reims Cathedral: perhaps not directly targeted, but destroyed with ruthless unconcern.—
Jason Farago,
New York Times,
27 Dec. 2022
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Marked by the artist’s apparent unconcern with conventional modeling and draftsmanship and by the velvety smoothness of his brushwork, the paintings exude an aura of quietude and utter perfection unrivaled in the work of his peers.—
Mary Tompkins Lewis,
WSJ,
26 Nov. 2022
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These tests test for coliform bacteria, lead, arsenic, uranium, nitrates, sodium, chloride, fluoride, pH, hardness, sulfate, turbidity, iron, and manganese.—
Alec Janis,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2025
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Add a Magnetic Water Conditioner Like a water softener, a magnetic water conditioner controls the hardness of the water in the home.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Mar. 2025
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In general, Seoul prefers to maintain a degree of ambiguity in its relationship with China—something many Americans perceive as indecisiveness or aloofness toward the United States.—
Duyeon Kim,
Foreign Affairs,
26 Jan. 2021
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Particularly the girls who are so desperate to belong, what struck me is how much at odds this is from the view of autism as an aloofness — as if autistic individuals aren’t interested in social contact.—
Matt Villano,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Stiffness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stiffness. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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