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Much of the group’s cosmology derives from The Urantia Book, a mishmash of Christianity, metaphysics, and esoteric spirituality, that was purportedly written by celestial beings and published anonymously in 1955.—
Jane Borden,
Rolling Stone,
5 Feb. 2026 -
Inside, the main floor has been commandeered by a mishmash of cash-only Asian food stalls, which gives it the feel of a makeshift street market.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
10 Dec. 2025
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In a further shuffle in January, Christian Vesper stepped down as Fremantle’s CEO of Global Drama and Film after a decade in the job.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Mar. 2026
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The Peacemakers’ first decade saw several lineup shuffles, but the group has been steady since Dalton joined in 2009.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2026
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This prevented clutter from piling up.—
Brittany Huston,
The Spruce,
5 Mar. 2026
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For instance, sanitizing toys, tidying up clutter, washing dishes, and doing laundry aren’t typically part of their scope of work.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
4 Mar. 2026
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Its wide main first-floor aisle, a maelstrom on weekends, stretches 391 feet from one end to the other.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
23 Feb. 2026
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Brief breaks in the maelstrom gave way to heavy snow blown sideways by gusting winds.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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The new Pac-12 will begin next season, and Oregon State and Washington State will be there, but the rest are a hodgepodge of Mountain West and WCC and other teams.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Jake Allen The Indiana Senate approved a nearly 700-page bill containing a hodgepodge of language taken from other bills at risk of dying, including a controversial provision that could encourage more local communities to approve data center projects.—
Kaitlin Lange,
IndyStar,
25 Feb. 2026
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An array of expensive miscellany—a James Turrell work of pink L.E.D. panels, a Magritte, a Banksy, a few Warhols, a couple of Damien Hirsts—went under the hammer in Diriyah, the country’s ancient capital.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Ashmole also tried his hand at poetry, and the miscellany even contains a few of his pieces.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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In the wake of January’s protest in Cape Town, representatives of both the South African screen industries and the DTIC were invited to present their cases to Parliament, raising hopes that a productive dialogue could eventually create a pathway out of the morass.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2026
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Or, perhaps even more likely, Iran devolves into a morass, a chaotic power struggle that destabilizes the entire powder keg of a region.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Mar. 2026
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The neutral design appeals to people of all genders and with a motley of styles.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Dec. 2025
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This week’s foe, Tennessee, is almost as motley.—
Kevin Cusick,
Twin Cities,
25 Dec. 2025
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“Bollix.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bollix. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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