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The expensive propaganda doc is glossily shot and lushly scored, although for some reason Ratner keeps inserting segments shot on what looks like Super 8 film, as if to infuse the Trumps with some of that Kennedy-era aura.
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Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
These calcium waves showed coordinated activity, as if the astrocytes were communicating with each other.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026
Watch for pedestal logs, remnants of ancient trees perched atop a crumbly stand of thick clay as if on display.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
In a series of photos, Lopez lounged in a strapless lilac number featuring a floor-length skirt that looked as if it were made of flower petals.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 29 Jan. 2026
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Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
These calcium waves showed coordinated activity, as if the astrocytes were communicating with each other.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026
Watch for pedestal logs, remnants of ancient trees perched atop a crumbly stand of thick clay as if on display.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
In a series of photos, Lopez lounged in a strapless lilac number featuring a floor-length skirt that looked as if it were made of flower petals.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 29 Jan. 2026
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“As if.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/as%20if. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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