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Reading Girl on Girl as a member of its target audience is a conflicting experience, alternately tedious and engrossing, unpleasant and therapeutic.
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Book Marks
june 12, Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
He was regarded by his devotees as alternately a sinister force and an avenging angel.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025
Verdier’s most notable innovation is the use of a canting keel as the support for one of the foils, with the other two contact points being a foil on the rudder and, alternately, the two lateral foils.
—Bill Springer, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Speaking at the Capitol Jess alternately texted on her cellphone and scanned a swarm of protesters
who gathered across the Wisconsin State Capitol’s lawn.
—Bennet Goldstein, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025
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Book Marks
june 12, Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
He was regarded by his devotees as alternately a sinister force and an avenging angel.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025
Verdier’s most notable innovation is the use of a canting keel as the support for one of the foils, with the other two contact points being a foil on the rudder and, alternately, the two lateral foils.
—Bill Springer, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Speaking at the Capitol Jess alternately texted on her cellphone and scanned a swarm of protesters
who gathered across the Wisconsin State Capitol’s lawn.
—Bennet Goldstein, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025
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During a press briefing Tuesday, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce deflected questions about the allegations against Levi and lifting the sanctions, instead deferring to the Israeli government to investigate.—
Emily Chang,
ABC News,
31 July 2025
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In the cult classic, Spinal Tap orders a massive, 18-foot replica of the Stonehenge but instead receives an 18-inch one.—
Jack Irvin,
People.com,
31 July 2025
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“Alternately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alternately. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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