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Analyzing the president’s motivations became the continent’s favorite parlor game, because the appropriate response to him would depend on which interpretation one favored.
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Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025
There are plenty of other reasons to love parlor games too.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 21 June 2025
True sickos like myself, who’ve followed the source material and news reports closely, can play the parlor game of trying to decode inspirations ripped from the headlines.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
With Casas sidelined, the question of what the Red Sox should do has become a parlor game in the Back Bay.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025
There are plenty of other reasons to love parlor games too.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 21 June 2025
True sickos like myself, who’ve followed the source material and news reports closely, can play the parlor game of trying to decode inspirations ripped from the headlines.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
With Casas sidelined, the question of what the Red Sox should do has become a parlor game in the Back Bay.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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“Parlor game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parlor%20game. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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