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Dorian Gray, the Victorian era’s proto-Clavicular, literally exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty—a move that the looksmaxxing community would seem to endorse wholeheartedly.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2026 -
The group exchanges little looks.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Jan. 2026
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Produced by Mabel Cheung, Good Trip is the story of a young woman who smuggles her terminally ill father out of a hospital to address his unfulfilled wishes.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2026
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Angela, grieving for her family and friends gone in the war, smuggles goods along the front lines to make a living.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2026
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Louisianians know the pleasure of a cushaw, which swaps perfectly with pumpkin.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
15 Mar. 2026
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Sweet Caroline swaps the typical dinner-and-drinks routine for something way more interactive.—
Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2026
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One potential—though untested—workaround would be for conferences, which are private entities, to serve as a joint employer that bargains with a players’ union.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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The performers’ union and the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers, which bargains on behalf of companies like Netflix and Paramount, issued a short joint press release noting that their talks would continue.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Mar. 2026
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Nestlé said anyone who purchases KitKat bars — whether from a store shelf, a wholesaler or an online marketplace — can check the codes on their packaging to verify whether the products are legitimate.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2026
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Outside of one firm that purchases delinquent property taxes, First National Assets, with a Chicago office, other health-care firms appear to have no interest in the Vista network, which includes a satellite facility in Lindenhurst at Route 132 and Deep Lake Road.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Black-markets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black-markets. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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