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Noun
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Three tickets from South Florida split the only jackpot won among Friday’s Mega Millions, Fantasy 5 and Jackpot Triple Play drawings.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026 -
On Tuesday night, the video board in left field at Wrigley Field featured a vignette asking people to guess a Chicago Cubs player based on kids’ drawings.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Whale lusts after a hunky gardener (Brendan Fraser) and persuades him to pose for a few sketches; Julian, though bisexual, expresses no such interest in Lori, and any art-making turns out to be a gratifyingly mutual endeavor.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Fast cuts, wild sketches, punchlines flying like confetti.—
Jeremy Helligar,
PEOPLE,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Pastels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastels. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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