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Reis, this year’s youngest honoree, laughed heartily when asked what being inducted means to him.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Sep. 2025 -
Are singles tennis players the fittest of all athletes in any sport? Sports scientist Dr. Mark Kovacs believes so, heartily agreeing with Tiafoe.—
Julia Andersen,
CNN Money,
30 Aug. 2025
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On social media, graduate degree holders will eagerly tell you that Britain’s patron saint is Turkish, its alphabet Roman, its religion Middle Eastern, and its royal family German.—
Will Collins,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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But for many, Jimmy Kimmel’s cancellation is ringing fascism alarm bells for the first time, and bringing into focus just how eagerly pliable many Americans are.—
James Folta
September 19,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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And editor Sakura Seya does a briskly efficient job of making the metro-corridor Moebius strip feel not only plausible, but solidly real, with only some later developments allowing for any variation in shot style or rhythm.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
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Financial details remain undisclosed, but international presales moved briskly at film markets over the past year, suggesting Yeon and his collaborators have likely already made a tidy return.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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An affable dad who avoids divisive topics like politics and religion in favor of gentler, autobiographical material that tends to cast him as a well-meaning fool, the Tennessee native is also the rare comic capable of appealing to, or at least not actively alienating, a broad swathe of viewers.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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The United States government has also been actively involved in promoting business engagements with the Central Asian states.—
Mark Temnycky,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Usher and his wife, Jennifer Raymond, were seated next to the Jonases, with both singer husbands talking animatedly.—
Anika Reed,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The two animatedly discuss the issue, veering off topic at times into snake-hunting and a plot point from a Spider-Man film.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
28 Aug. 2025
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The Earth system is extraordinarily far from equilibrium, and being pushed more violently so by the year.—
Peter Brannen,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Authorities started to violently arrest people, shooting at and beating them.—
Fatemeh Jamalpour,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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Farrell and Robbie soldier on gamely—as do several other fine actors, including Linklater, as David’s father, and Lily Rabe, as Sarah’s mother—trying to infuse the characters with heart and soul.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
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Krasinski and Blunt gamely waved up at the screen as Hazel more enthusiastically greeted the rest of the crowd.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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While Redford might have shied away from calling himself an activist, he was fiercely dedicated to pushing for a world that was habitable for all.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
16 Sep. 2025
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Unions fiercely resist any accountability for performance.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Lustily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lustily. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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