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Beyond the historic architecture, Savannah welcomes visitors with its warm and cosmopolitan atmosphere in every season.—
Annabelle Dufraigne,
Architectural Digest,
15 Feb. 2026 -
Otherwise, the tone of the show is pure cosmopolitan sympathy.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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The four-month residency—M by the Alinea Group—is in the resort’s main town, Mountain Village, and is designed to fit into the low-key landscape, yet sizzle with urbane details that reference the Mountain West.—
Amy Tara Koch,
Robb Report,
29 Jan. 2026
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This witty, urbane gem from actor/author Beryl Bainbridge depicts a Liverpudlian theatre company that gets embroiled in scandal.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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Israel's Foreign Ministry said Palestinian Authority civil planning maps show that the authority has been advancing land registration procedures in Area C for years in violation of agreements that give Israel civil and military control over the area.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
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At least nine Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in the northern and southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, Palestinian civil defence and health officials said, in what Israel's military called a response to Hamas ceasefire violations.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
15 Feb. 2026
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Mostly, however, Gee’s sophisticated, stealthily moving film folds any bursts of emotion into its exquisitely dark shadows, letting Evans’ limpid but heartsore music do most of the weeping.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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At 5,300 years old, any of those explanations complicates the conventional picture of how sophisticated Predynastic Egyptian material science actually was.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Oversophisticated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oversophisticated. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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