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Advertisement EPiC mixes concert footage with interstitial clips of Elvis just being Elvis, as if to collapse, as much as will ever be possible, the distance between his public and private selves.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
My bangs stuck straight up, as if actively trying to escape my face.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 20 Feb. 2026
The illuminating skin tint instantly blurs and brightens my complexion and leaves behind a soft-focus glow—almost as if my skin were an IRL filter.
—Alyssa Morin, InStyle, 20 Feb. 2026
An opposing coach, Georgetown’s always-unpredictable Ed Cooley, actually introduced the topic after the Huskies’ lackluster win Saturday night, as if he were disappointed not to be given a rougher going over.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2026
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
My bangs stuck straight up, as if actively trying to escape my face.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 20 Feb. 2026
The illuminating skin tint instantly blurs and brightens my complexion and leaves behind a soft-focus glow—almost as if my skin were an IRL filter.
—Alyssa Morin, InStyle, 20 Feb. 2026
An opposing coach, Georgetown’s always-unpredictable Ed Cooley, actually introduced the topic after the Huskies’ lackluster win Saturday night, as if he were disappointed not to be given a rougher going over.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2026
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“As if.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/as%20if. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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