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Its challenge will be scale — and whether subtlety can compete with spectacle and satire once preferential ballots come into play.
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 12 Jan. 2026
In fact, when deciding on a slab of salmon or a plump whole branzino, many of our senses should come into play—including common sense!
—Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 12 Jan. 2026
Dreiling added that Reiner’s mental illness could come into play in other ways, with his attorney arguing that he shouldn’t be convicted of first-degree murder with special circumstances, which carries the potential sentence of death or life in prison without the possibility of parole.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
But there are other circumstances that could come into play.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 9 Jan. 2026
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 12 Jan. 2026
In fact, when deciding on a slab of salmon or a plump whole branzino, many of our senses should come into play—including common sense!
—Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 12 Jan. 2026
Dreiling added that Reiner’s mental illness could come into play in other ways, with his attorney arguing that he shouldn’t be convicted of first-degree murder with special circumstances, which carries the potential sentence of death or life in prison without the possibility of parole.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
But there are other circumstances that could come into play.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Come into play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20into%20play. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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