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In the series, the Academy Award-winning director and his older daughters openly discuss how Martin was not always the most present parent during the earlier parts of his career in the 1970s.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025 -
While doing a press tour amid the release of her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, Swift has openly discussed her engagement to the Kansas City Chiefs tight end and offered details on her engagement ring that has caught attention for its sizable diamond.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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Forsaking the standard one-and-done episode anthology format, AHS proved that audiences would stick around for the long run, even if the plotlines got gorier, weirder, and sometimes just plain worse.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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Journalists threw him all of the usual life rings after Saturday’s 3-1 defeat against Brighton — a lack of experience, damaging injuries, just plain bad luck.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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The only people who write him letters are serial killers who adore him, especially serial killers who were portrayed on the Netflix series Mindhunter (which Monster, for some reason, takes a swipe at with a frankly exhausting, metatextual parody).—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
4 Oct. 2025
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These companies can find ways to change conduct and take action, frankly, on Kimmel or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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Zulay’s handheld frother is honestly a steal for under $10.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
2 Oct. 2025
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So, the finale's last-ditch plot twist that few saw coming (or, honestly, asked for) was enough to place Asylum in the second spot on our list, though not without a good fight.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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Paltrow completed her look with black pointed-toe pumps and wore her blonde hair straight and styled parted down the middle.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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While most 200-horsepower sport bikes top out around 190 mph, Indian’s Challenger is a bagger that can rival them straight down the salt flats.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Throughout his unfortunately short life, Charlie committed himself unreservedly to reasoned debate, rational discourse, and the polite exchange of opinion.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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In Friday's new episode of Eugene Levy's Apple TV+ series, The Reluctant Traveler, the Prince of Wales speaks candidly about his childhood, his family life with Kate Middleton and his future as king.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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In a TikTok video, Gosselin candidly described how the pregnancy changed her body.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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What might otherwise be a straightforward creepy historical novel is deepened by these uncanny phrasings, and Ravn’s attention to the social bonds in this world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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This new amplifier is controlled using the Pro-Ject Home smartphone app, which makes setting everything up straightforward.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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“Bluffly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bluffly. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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