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Bum-seok seems done for until Sung-ae turns up with a cop car full of military-grade weapons to slow the thing down.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026 -
But both are good at solving crimes, and here in season 2, Eddie is reluctantly stuck in her hometown when an arm turns up in the mouth of a dead alligator, and many more body parts arrive over time.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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What shows up in the first 10 results may make your stomach drop.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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Her own theory of where the volume actually shows up sounds blunt for a wallet CEO.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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“Sneaks up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sneaks%20up. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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