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The Tags and Minifigures don't do a lot on their own.
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New Atlas, 6 Jan. 2026
Even though Eleven got the ambiguous ending while the main gang graduated high school and set out for life beyond Hawkins, there’s still a lot of the story to be told.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 5 Jan. 2026
The Dolphins, with a lot of backups on the field, put together an impressive 12-play, 57-yard drive before getting stymied in the red zone and turning the ball over on downs with an incompletion into the end zone on fourth-and-1 from the Patriots’ 8-yard line.
—Doug Kyed, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2026
There are actually a lot of countries that are involved in narco-trafficking historically and in the present.
—Dana Kozlov, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
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New Atlas, 6 Jan. 2026
Even though Eleven got the ambiguous ending while the main gang graduated high school and set out for life beyond Hawkins, there’s still a lot of the story to be told.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 5 Jan. 2026
The Dolphins, with a lot of backups on the field, put together an impressive 12-play, 57-yard drive before getting stymied in the red zone and turning the ball over on downs with an incompletion into the end zone on fourth-and-1 from the Patriots’ 8-yard line.
—Doug Kyed, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2026
There are actually a lot of countries that are involved in narco-trafficking historically and in the present.
—Dana Kozlov, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
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“A lot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20lot. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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