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Where the show’s values were once givens, almost diorama labels, now they’re presented as more fugitive and unstable, what its characters would hope the world to be.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025 -
Among geologists, there are givens: Humans don’t build things that last a million years.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
8 Oct. 2025
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Russia’s largest airport — Moscow’s Sheremetyevo — said drone debris had fallen on its premises without causing damage.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 May 2026
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Still, Garance’s death stare into the void, where this woman is still hard-boozing 90 minutes into the movie, starts to run its premise thin despite Exarchopoulos’ terrific and totally internalized turn.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
17 May 2026
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The lawsuit comes after the state's Supreme Court ruled last week that Hill’s actions triggered the legal presumption that the jury had been improperly influenced and that prosecutors failed to prove the verdict was unaffected.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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Who doubts the law would be enforced in a ham-handed way, with people being denied the presumption of innocence?—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 May 2026
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The Oldest Lesson in Economics In the field of economics the most famous dictum is memorable enough to be reduced to an acronym: TANSTAAFL.—
Matthew Scogin,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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Testing the limits of the dictum that targets of his opprobrium should take him seriously, not literally, Trump is aggressively threatening to swallow Greenland, despite the current lack of threats and his previous neglect of America’s military role on the island.—
Doug Bandow,
Washington Post,
16 Jan. 2026
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Euclid’s postulates for geometry; various schemes for standardizing arithmetic.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
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That postulate would justify racial quotas or preferences to remedy racial discrimination uncorroborated by credible evidence.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Mar. 2026
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The fate of two men charged in the April 3, 2022, downtown Sacramento mass shooting that killed six people and wounded 12 hinges on the centuries-old legal doctrine of mutual combat.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
16 May 2026
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In a city where animal rights are practically civic doctrine and oat milk has a stronger lobby than most politicians, Diaz showing up at a bird fight lands as a direct shot to LA culture.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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Families confronting complicated pregnancies are living through painful, high-stakes situations — not policy hypotheticals.—
Robin Sautter,
Washington Post,
18 Apr. 2026
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The hypothetical of Jerry Jones striking deals in New York, Chicago and other major cities might prove true, but whether that covers all markets and whether other owners would do the same are all question marks.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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And that assumption is likely to drive mortgage interest rates higher, even with the central bank not scheduled to meet again until mid-June.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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Federal policy must reflect current exposure patterns rather than outdated assumptions.—
Anthony Nicome,
STAT,
13 May 2026
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“Ipse dixit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ipse%20dixit. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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