Shot-reverse shot sequences are somewhat abrupt, the characters segregated in their individual frames, Spicer using different angles on close-ups to lend to that jagged sense of separation.
Jasmine petals, one of my favorite floral notes, is given a spikier edge alongside Australian pink pepper, while raspberry and spun sugar add a pleasing sweetness without being too much.
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Venus Wong,
refinery29.com,
30 Oct. 2024
How Stem Segments Tell the Difference The Thanksgiving cactus has the spikiest stem segments of the three varieties, and its pollen is yellow.
Standing in front of an array of 4,500 Canadian solar panels and across from a wall topped with barbed wire, Gov. Ned Lamont today announced the completion of seven solar projects at prisons located in Enfield, Cheshire and Somers.
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Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2025
Some of the humor has a barbed, geopolitical aim in a war for the world’s hearts and minds — see the Chinese government’s fusillade of memes — but political scientists say that, for many people, humor is a natural response to stressful times.
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Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2025
The researcher does agree with Kennedy that the spiked rates in ASD cases are dire, splitting from some other autism experts who have ascertained that higher national levels are indicative of more national awareness of the condition.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article He was focused on spiked drinks, not spike strips.
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Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
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