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Recent Examples of slithersMonica rises, and her cobalt raiment slithers behind her down the steps.—Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026 Hi-hats and snares appear in fragmentary bursts, icy synths precipitate and evaporate, and Zel slithers wryly in the cut.—Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 25 Feb. 2026
Critics on the Croisette are starting to resemble that classic comic-strip panel in which an explorer crawls desperately across the sand toward an oasis that’s only a mirage.
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
Walking between Valmiermuiža, Labietis, Taka, and Nurme makes for one of the easiest and most enjoyable beer crawls in Europe.
Legislation in Louisiana seeks to address the Supreme Court ruling by scrapping a district that snakes over 200 miles (321 kilometers) northwest from the capital, Baton Rouge, to Shreveport, creating a voting bloc with a majority of Black residents.
As the extremely underwhelming recording of the Ronda Rousey versus Gina Carano fight quickly slides down the Netflix top 10 list, a new series has been rising, surpassing some former hits.
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Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
Unlike the predictable drawers that pull out, this style slides out to the side, so pulling out paper clips feels more like an event than a rudimentary task.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
18 May 2026