After all, the alternative of Joe Biden and later Kamala Harris was still seen to them as less desirable than Trump—who proved pretty pliable on the global stage during his first term.
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Philip Elliott,
Time,
17 June 2025
The wrappers need to be soaked one at a time in water for about 10 seconds, until pliable.
Japan hasn’t been as pliant as Trump seemed to expect.
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William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
Letz is a physically and emotionally pliant but also a verbose actor of great versatility, able to play a standard Second City dad and Chicag’ow type, but also a neurotic (lots of call for that in this show) and a dweeb and, well, whatever gets thrown his way.
Yarbrough has tinkered with his pitch mix to favor the slower, bendier stuff, and it’s been working.
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Owen Poindexter,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
This project is one of the many ways that physicists have sought to understand gravity, and perhaps the bendy space-time continuum itself, as emergent from deeper, more microscopic physics.
The web-like blue and gold dial is housed in a 40mm case made of tantalum, a very hard, ductile, lustrous, blue-gray transition metal that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Here, at least, the performers — who include Téa Leoni as Odell’s wife, the very funny Will Poulter as the Leopold son and Anthony Carrigan as a put-upon servant — have the kinds of ductile faces, rubber-band moves and vocal dexterity that can keep even sluggish material moving.
It’s made from soft, luxurious leather (in this case a supple Italian calfskin treated to avoid pilling) and has been cleverly designed to be as voluminous as its dimensions will allow, thanks to a pair of side tabs that unclip with a snap.
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Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
9 June 2025
Crafted from supple suede panels with just a hint of slouch, this zip-top tote from the relatively new brand Métier is the epitome of quiet luxury.
Be adaptable, as your plans with friends and loved ones may change on a whim.
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Liz Simmons,
StyleCaster,
24 June 2025
Native Americans also believed spiderwort to be a sign of strength and endurance, possibly because the plant is adaptable to different conditions, though not in my yard.
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