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Fast forward to the present, and many are expected to do it all.
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Giovanni René Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Pope Leo then did what great teachers do, connecting the distant past to the present.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
Additionally, a plurality, 31%, said the present period is the least politically stable, easily outstripping the 17% who selected the Civil War.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
The real draw is watching Kurt Russell and his real-life son, Wyatt Russell, playing the same character: a former Army colonel whose actions in the past may either save or doom humanity in the present.
—EW.com, 8 May 2025
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Giovanni René Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Pope Leo then did what great teachers do, connecting the distant past to the present.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
Additionally, a plurality, 31%, said the present period is the least politically stable, easily outstripping the 17% who selected the Civil War.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
The real draw is watching Kurt Russell and his real-life son, Wyatt Russell, playing the same character: a former Army colonel whose actions in the past may either save or doom humanity in the present.
—EW.com, 8 May 2025
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“The present.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20present. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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