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Trojan horses

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plural of Trojan horse

as in Potemkin villages

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Thigpen, whose mother Virginia is a pioneering Davis builder, said each owner treated the house as a historic trust, preserving original fixtures, screens and other pieces for whoever came next.

— David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
Everything in the show just runs out of creativity and energy, even giving up the flourishes that fueled the first half of the season, like an often-clever use of split-screens to wordlessly develop characters and build tension.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026

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Lucas and her attorneys with the Liberty Counsel, a conservative Christian legal organization, assert that her ownership of the property shields her from banishment.

— Savannah Peters, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Among those shields is a whole tire from the landing gear from one of the planes that struck one of the towers and a portion of a steel beam, fashioned into a cross – both serving as a stark reminder of the attacks.

— Mark Morales, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

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