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the gleeful atmosphere that envelops the host city of the Super Bowl
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After handling controversial topics like the push for microtransactions and NFTs, the latest season shifts the focus to post-COVID topics while retaining its gleeful tone.
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Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
The tone between the two sites was different, with Bluesky users outraged, and X users seeming rather gleeful about the omission.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Seeing the sausage get made carries its own gleeful fascination, but Episode 2 (directed by Marshall Curry) is at its best when looking back.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
The gleeful online reaction to the Severance pop-up reveals something about our relationship to art today, as well as shining a light on the interaction between the internet and real life.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
The tone between the two sites was different, with Bluesky users outraged, and X users seeming rather gleeful about the omission.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Seeing the sausage get made carries its own gleeful fascination, but Episode 2 (directed by Marshall Curry) is at its best when looking back.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
The gleeful online reaction to the Severance pop-up reveals something about our relationship to art today, as well as shining a light on the interaction between the internet and real life.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Gleeful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gleeful. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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