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The pause in Russian attacks on Kyiv held over the weekend, while other parts of Ukraine suffered more acts of barbarism.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2026 -
The space between simple awareness and true understanding is narrow but chasmic — small enough to walk around but deep enough to contain so much of the worst barbarism this world has ever produced.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
27 Jan. 2026
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Despite such official philistinism, Proust had already left an enduring mark on Irish letters and would remain a source of literary inspiration for the nation’s writers into the twenty-first century.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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“Barbarianism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barbarianism. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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