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Instead of wrapping the series up after this gut-wrenching realization, The Eternaut ends on a massive cliffhanger.
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Caroline Blair, People.com, 6 May 2025
The film was partly inspired by Holofcener’s own life as the divorced mother of two teenagers, which lends it a particularly gut-wrenching kind of verisimilitude.
—Marley Marius, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
Image The most gut-wrenching images fueled an antiwar movement that considered the war unwinnable and unjust.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
The Detroit Pistons just suffered a gut-wrenching Game 3 loss at the hands of the New York Knicks, putting them in a 1-2 hole for the series.
—Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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Caroline Blair, People.com, 6 May 2025
The film was partly inspired by Holofcener’s own life as the divorced mother of two teenagers, which lends it a particularly gut-wrenching kind of verisimilitude.
—Marley Marius, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
Image The most gut-wrenching images fueled an antiwar movement that considered the war unwinnable and unjust.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
The Detroit Pistons just suffered a gut-wrenching Game 3 loss at the hands of the New York Knicks, putting them in a 1-2 hole for the series.
—Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Gut-wrenching.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gut-wrenching. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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