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But quite incredibly, the third and final chance went begging as Ozer saved superbly.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025 -
In a throwback to the warts-and-all silliness of the family’s legendary MTV reality show, The Osbournes, Coming Home appears to lean into the domestic comedy of the Osbourne clan, opening with a jittery Ozzy begging Sharon to stop driving in a herky-jerky manner.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
1 Oct. 2025
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They are known to parasitize crustaceans and insects including praying mantids, beetles, crickets, and occasionally millipedes and centipedes, according to the study.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
6 Oct. 2025
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Female students were praying separately and escaped from another part of the school.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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For an intense fandom that received first news of a somewhat unexpected new album so close to the end of a behemoth concert tour followed by the singer’s engagement to Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, conjuring surprises might become increasingly hard to do.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Mets spent last autumn exorcising demons and this fall conjuring new ones to take their place.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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In 1934, Lysanne (played by Alexandria Brouwer) is living in Paris and writes to her friend Marlène (played by Stephen), who’s studying at Wellesley, imploring her to transfer to a university in Paris.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2025
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The 28-year-old wideout then turned his attention toward the fanbase, imploring the Giants faithful to allow Dart space to grow and make mistakes without raining down criticism upon him.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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So local residents raised the funds instead, with the Prescott Kiwanis Club petitioning citizens to buy $1 shares of the hotel, ultimately raising a total of $150,000.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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The investor reaction isn’t surprising given the constant thrum of anti-vaccine misinformation since the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as Kennedy’s own role through the Children’s Defense Fund back in May 2021 in petitioning the federal government to revoke authorization of COVID-19 vaccines.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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This is a question mark of a movie, entreating us to trust in the spirit of the moment.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Bludging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bludging. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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