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The high-octane war thriller is fun to imagine staged, but dialogue tends to be overwrought.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2025 -
Their prose tends to be overwrought; their dialogue is clunky and unsubtle.—
Kelsey Piper,
Vox,
12 May 2025
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Galium odoratum Sun Exposure: Deep shade Soil Type: Clay, loam, sand Soil pH: Acidic Toad Lily The toad lily is a showy, shade-loving perennial with small orchid-like flowers in zones 4a-9b.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
4 June 2025
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Name: Itea virginica Size: 2-6 feet tall, 4-6 feet wide Zones: 5-9 19 of 20 Winterberry A slow-growing, deciduous, multi-stemmed shrub, winterberry is a show-stopper in winter when female plants produce an abundance of showy berries on their bare branches.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 June 2025
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Many overnighters remember it for having the world’s longest porch at 660 feet, and others remember the bold, colorful and exuberant interiors.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
6 June 2025
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The novel’s protagonist is a cartoonist named Alison Bechdel who lives in Vermont with her exuberant partner, Holly.—
Charlie Tyson,
New Yorker,
4 June 2025
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An extravagant estate long owned by the late Orange County Air Force major general turned homebuilder and civic leader William Lyon has roared onto the market in Southern California.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
6 June 2025
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Arnault confessed to intense curiosity about how Anderson will interpret the legacy of Dior, whose founder ignited postwar Paris with his extravagant, full-skirted New Look and whose brief career ended with his death in 1957.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
2 June 2025
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Noni finds herself up against Lion’s violent henchmen and women in series of fight-to-the-death encounters aboard the tyrant’s grandiose sailing ship, which lies at the heart of a vast naval fleet.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
9 June 2025
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The 53-room hotel feels quaint and boutique-like—but the views are grandiose.—
Monica Mendal,
Vogue,
8 June 2025
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While the boorish behavior of Twain’s shipmates is cataloged throughout (snapping off pieces of ancient monuments for souvenirs, for instance), his most flamboyant portrayal is a self-portrait.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2025
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Trump was rewriting reality again Friday afternoon as one of the most flamboyant, destructive bromances in government history petered out in the Oval Office.—
Maureen Dowd,
Mercury News,
4 June 2025
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In short, an ostentatious action game with a fascinating setting and stunning visuals.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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And for Trump’s onetime pirate ship of a political movement, Butterworth’s represents an ostentatious new evolutionary phase: the deplorable as arriviste.—
Robert Draper,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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In four days his radical, magnificent Broadway reworking of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Blvd. will be competing for seven Tony Awards, including one for his direction, one each for his two stars Nicole Scherzinger and Tom Francis, and one for Best Musical Revival.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
5 June 2025
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This affluent neighborhood is known for its lush green spaces, magnificent architecture and proximity to some of London's most popular attractions.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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“Gimmicked (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gimmicked%20%28up%29. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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