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Adjective
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There were four short docs released under the SNL50 banner, plus Questlove’s Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music and Brent Hodge’s Downey Wrote That, all on Peacock and boasting myriad overlapping talking heads, filming locations and generally celebratory approaches to the beloved sketch show.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2026 -
In the past couple years, AI has permeated the music industry in several overlapping but distinct ways.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
27 Mar. 2026
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Each film will center on a different member of the Beatles’ point of view, intersecting to capture the band’s improbable journey from Liverpool to the center of global culture, culminating in their 1970 breakup.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund's film feels like a good novel, with art, crime, love, and squalor all intersecting in a cohesive story that manages to astonish.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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Many earlier studies linking weight cycling to cardiovascular and metabolic risk failed to adequately control for confounding factors including age, underlying health status and the cumulative burden of obesity over time.—
Allison Palmer
Updated June 13,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2026
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Women in their 30s and 40s experiencing persistent fatigue, mood changes, sleep disruption, irritability, anxiety or digestive issues may want to ask specifically whether perimenopause could be the underlying cause before accepting a diagnosis of anxiety, depression or a thyroid condition.—
Allison Palmer
Updated June 13,
Charlotte Observer,
13 June 2026
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The vote was 198-218, with 19 Republicans crossing the aisle to vote against it and seven Democrats voting for it.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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Catalina is the closest offshore island vacation west of the Mississippi, reachable in about 70 minutes from Long Beach, San Pedro or Dana Point on the smooth, fast-crossing ferries of Catalina Express.—
David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
17 June 2026
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For the quintessential Glacier National Park visit, take the Going-to-the-Sun Road for 50 miles of stunning vistas, bisecting the east and west sides of the park.—
Giovanna Caravetta,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Feb. 2026
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Valley Fair, located on Stevens Creek Boulevard, sits both in San Jose and Santa Clara, with the city border bisecting the property.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Crisscrossing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crisscrossing. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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