Arteta and Arsenal had no need for excuses this time around, though, with Martin Odegaard scoring a late winner after a convincing team performance at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2026
That’s not to make excuses, but to put in context, what is also a sputtering, screwball-y film about masculine roles in a waning patriarchal society.
Frimpong also referenced cases in which immigration officers offered justifications for an arrest that did not match evidence from the scene.
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Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Sep. 2026
Mulligan’s Lindsay is brittle, entitled and frequently cruel, giving the actress the chance to deliver scathing rejoinders and self-deluded justifications, all with a deep reservoir of personal disappointment.
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Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2026
Their bond deepens with the wry neuroses and gradually dropped defenses of many a midlife romantic comedy, though Parkinson’s complicates matters in unusual, empathetically explored ways.
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Guy Lodge,
Variety,
17 Sep. 2026
Challenging down and distances, like a third-and-7, is when opposing defenses can bring extra rushers to get after the quarterback.
Use Slack for updates, async video for explanations and live conversations for dialogue.
—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2026
But the plot loops and falls in on itself, rendering the dreamlike first half open to interpretation, and leaving viewers to sort through its many possible explanations.
The slew of events begins with a formal arrival ceremony later on Wednesday, just as a judge is expected to hear arguments in a lawsuit brought by the three news outlets the president banned from the White House last week.
—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
23 Sep. 2026
Prosecutors and the defense rested their cases after closing arguments concluded on Thursday.
—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
22 Sep. 2026
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