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April and May’s weather seems Edenic, as if Florida is luring us forward towards the burning abyss of July, August, September and at least the first half of October.
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026
Knights players exchanged smiles and knowing looks as if a meme was in the making — and then the red-haired fellow hit a home run with his smooth and assured rendition, as seen in video from the game.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
The sun just keeps on hanging in the sky, shining with simple, oblivious innocence, as if nothing has changed, as if nothing has happened.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
Pursued as if our lives depended on it.
—Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026
Knights players exchanged smiles and knowing looks as if a meme was in the making — and then the red-haired fellow hit a home run with his smooth and assured rendition, as seen in video from the game.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
The sun just keeps on hanging in the sky, shining with simple, oblivious innocence, as if nothing has changed, as if nothing has happened.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
Pursued as if our lives depended on it.
—Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
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“As if.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/as%20if. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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