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The former first lady's fashion sense has evolved to such an extent that even her daughters have begun to take note.
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Emma Banks, InStyle, 11 Feb. 2026
While his early films were about becoming human again, about using the fiction of cinema to make someone more real, his recent work has tacked in the opposite direction—intensifying alienation to such an extent that the human disappears.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
What about Guardiola at City and Mikel Arteta at Arsenal, clubs that have taken on their manager’s image to such an extent as to almost be indistinguishable.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
The irony here is that many in Washington have been openly fantasizing about how advanced AI systems could revolutionize military strategy and reshape geopolitics—to such an extent that this speculation has fueled a kind of arms race with China.
—Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2026
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Emma Banks, InStyle, 11 Feb. 2026
While his early films were about becoming human again, about using the fiction of cinema to make someone more real, his recent work has tacked in the opposite direction—intensifying alienation to such an extent that the human disappears.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
What about Guardiola at City and Mikel Arteta at Arsenal, clubs that have taken on their manager’s image to such an extent as to almost be indistinguishable.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
The irony here is that many in Washington have been openly fantasizing about how advanced AI systems could revolutionize military strategy and reshape geopolitics—to such an extent that this speculation has fueled a kind of arms race with China.
—Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2026
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