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I'm just played out after the week I've had.
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Advertisement Africa is by no means the only place this phenomenon would have played out.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 12 Nov. 2025
During the Palisades and Eaton Fires, scenes played out that could have appeared in Butler’s Parable.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
As the president tests the limits of his executive authority and takes a bulldozer -- in some cases literally -- approach to changing Washington and the country, the ramifications for Republicans and Democrats are going to be played out in these results.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Lack and his colleagues’ investigations into why, which played out over the next 15 years, led to last month’s remarkable finding that the incidence of peanut allergies in the US – after a precipitous rise – appeared to have fallen dramatically.
—Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 12 Nov. 2025
During the Palisades and Eaton Fires, scenes played out that could have appeared in Butler’s Parable.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
As the president tests the limits of his executive authority and takes a bulldozer -- in some cases literally -- approach to changing Washington and the country, the ramifications for Republicans and Democrats are going to be played out in these results.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Lack and his colleagues’ investigations into why, which played out over the next 15 years, led to last month’s remarkable finding that the incidence of peanut allergies in the US – after a precipitous rise – appeared to have fallen dramatically.
—Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Played out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/played%20out. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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