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Kurt's key takeaways Silent voicemails are designed to mess with your instincts.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026 -
LeBron James loves messing with that nemesis named Father Time.—
Candace Buckner,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
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But which No 9 good enough to lead a Premier League promotion chase is going to come to Leeds this month and sit on the bench waiting for the Dutchman to get crocked? Farke has mentioned Gnonto as an emergency striker option, if needed.—
Beren Cross,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Store indigo garments together or wrap them in tissue to avoid crocking.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 July 2024
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When a defense jumbles its communication, Brunson can pop to the arc and hit a catch-and-shoot 3-pointer or cut to the hoop for a layup.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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The experiences are jumbled in my mind, and the Stations become a story told over many single-frame images, just like any comic book.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Their habitats were ransacked, their migration routes disarranged, truncated, cut off.—
Matthew Gavin Frank,
Harper's Magazine,
21 Oct. 2022
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Their season has been busy, grumpy and overstretched, and pressure has been a niggling, constant companion, particularly at home, but their opponents on Sunday were hapless, soft in defence and muddled in their thinking.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Erika’s brother, Klaus (August Diehl), sits naked by a rumpled bed with last night’s conquest still muddled up with his sheets, talking on the phone to his sister.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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Jess Scheer, the CEO of The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA), says there’s a strong association between obsessive tracking and disordered eating and eating disorders.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Flow Space,
24 Apr. 2026
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When that authority tells a young person that their identity is disordered and must be changed, the harm isn’t just theoretical.—
A.J. Russo,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Apr. 2026
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Nine months after the House settlement was approved pertaining to a lawsuit against the NCAA, there is a massive wrinkle to the case that could potentially lead to further disarray around college athletics.—
Trey Wallace OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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The film’s most trenchant scenes involve Gere in states of repose or regret or nostalgia, especially when psychically disarrayed in a chair with a camera facing toward him, wondering what, for example, desire smells like.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
6 Dec. 2024
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Vinegar can etch, dull, and discolor natural stone like marble, granite, travertine tile, and others.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
19 May 2026
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These blooms can discolor coastal waters and, in some cases, produce toxins that lead to beach advisories or temporary closures.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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“Colly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colly. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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