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Celik seems attuned to such questions as a valid (if not necessarily revelatory) core for a play to circle around, but Cramer’s writing often feels caught between an exploration of comic diffidence and simply an expression of it.
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And that eye could see past Dorothy’s drab uniform and Cindy Brady pigtails, her tall girl’s diffidence and her sweet girl’s shyness, to the bombshell smoldering underneath.
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While testing capacity has been improving, surveillance and contact tracing capacities remain constrained by insecurity, access restrictions and other factors, UNICEF reported.
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Housing insecurity compounds the problem further.
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Despite impressive resumes and years of experience, many struggled with self-doubt.
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Expressing yourself may require jumping a few self-doubt hurdles.
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“Self-distrust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-distrust. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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