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The publicity emails sent from Amazon regarding the movie have no individual names or email addresses attached, as though no one wanted their career or personal brand sullied by association.
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026
Business rates surface with the ease once reserved for olive oil prices or staffing shortages, as though the very architecture of the room has begun to weigh on the people inside it.
—Lela London, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
It’s seemed as though some defenses have known what to expect.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2026
According to officials, the two then shot him, and Banfield stabbed his wife, staging the scene to look as though Ryan had been a predator stabbing Christine Banfield.
—CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026
Business rates surface with the ease once reserved for olive oil prices or staffing shortages, as though the very architecture of the room has begun to weigh on the people inside it.
—Lela London, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
It’s seemed as though some defenses have known what to expect.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2026
According to officials, the two then shot him, and Banfield stabbed his wife, staging the scene to look as though Ryan had been a predator stabbing Christine Banfield.
—CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
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“As though.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/as%20though. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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