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Weiss took the recent Iranian protests seriously, asking staff during one morning call if the new round of protests could be the wave that topples the regime, leading to skepticism from some journalists in London.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
2 Mar. 2026 -
Nvidia’s sales of the computing chips powering the artificial intelligence craze surged beyond the lofty bar set by stock market analysts, a performance that may ease recent jitters about a Big Tech boom turning into a bust that topples the world’s most valuable company.—
Austin American Statesman,
Austin American Statesman,
19 Nov. 2025
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The Iran war inverts the conditions of that lesson.—
Farah N. Jan,
The Conversation,
18 May 2026
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The Peepshow, which inverts the classic true crime structure, is masterful.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
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Named by her new owner, Silvia after a Mexican pop star whose 1980s hits ricochet from a rickety TV, Yuri upends Silvia’s solitary existence on a windswept island off the southern coast of Chile, setting the protagonist on a journey of self-discovery that forces her to confront childhood traumas.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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The new analysis upends previous assumptions.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
20 May 2026
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“Tumps (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tumps%20%28over%29. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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