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Much of the group’s cosmology derives from The Urantia Book, a mishmash of Christianity, metaphysics, and esoteric spirituality, that was purportedly written by celestial beings and published anonymously in 1955.—
Jane Borden,
Rolling Stone,
5 Feb. 2026 -
Inside, the main floor has been commandeered by a mishmash of cash-only Asian food stalls, which gives it the feel of a makeshift street market.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
10 Dec. 2025
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It mostly gets lost in the shuffle.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Feb. 2026
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There will be comings and goings as the senior management ranks shuffle.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
4 Feb. 2026
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The best way to keep clutter away for good is to prevent even bringing it home to begin with.—
Kate Van Pelt,
The Spruce,
6 Feb. 2026
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Cabinets for storage of glassware, and a general clutter of beakers, wiring, and machinery.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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France’s President Emmanuel Macron was another one caught in the maelstrom.—
Andrew Carey,
CNN Money,
20 Jan. 2026
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Iconic photographs from pioneering observatories of decades past, such as the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope, had shown this maelstrom as an extended haze around the nebula’s glowing iris.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
20 Jan. 2026
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But the movie, directed by music-video filmmaker Aidan Zamiri, is a hodgepodge of tones and genres that doesn’t hold together at all.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
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As always, the gala remained one of the preeminent Hollywood people-watching spots of the season, upholding its tradition as a glorious hodgepodge of stars from across film, TV, music and sports.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Feb. 2026
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An array of expensive miscellany—a James Turrell work of pink L.E.D. panels, a Magritte, a Banksy, a few Warhols, a couple of Damien Hirsts—went under the hammer in Diriyah, the country’s ancient capital.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Ashmole also tried his hand at poetry, and the miscellany even contains a few of his pieces.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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The team behind Fitbit is launching a new consumer health company, betting on AI to help people wade through the morass of family health care.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Kirk sought to construct a conservative populism that did not get mired in the morass of anti-Jewish conspiracism.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
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The neutral design appeals to people of all genders and with a motley of styles.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Dec. 2025
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This week’s foe, Tennessee, is almost as motley.—
Kevin Cusick,
Twin Cities,
25 Dec. 2025
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“Bollix.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bollix. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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