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Jennifer Lawrence would like a surgeon’s help getting back to some version of her prebaby boobs.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
27 Oct. 2025 -
PlatinumGames share many of the same predilections at Team Ninja (mainly boobs and violence) but carved their own niche as the creators of hyper-kinetic action games like Bayonetta that stretch the boundaries of what the human attention span can manage.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
20 Oct. 2025
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During the riots, Hamida witnesses a girl paraded naked on the streets.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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And in Detroit, Devil's Night has been marked by arsons, riots, a fatal shooting and serious property damage, according to the Detroit Free Press, part of the USA TODAY Network.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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Potential adversaries interpret political action in zero-sum terms; see malice and evil design in mere blunders and coincidence; trumpet necessity rather than navigate choice; and, in extreme cases, invent pretext or promise profit to make more palatable a dubious cause.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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There's a short list of popular social blunders, but experts also say there are proven ways to avoid them.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
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Visitors have reported hearing the sound of cell doors closing, faint screams and footsteps around the cell blocks.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2025
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The girl's father, who did not see the incident but heard the mother's screams, jumped overboard to rescue his daughter.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Adriana James-Rodil,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Newsweek contacted Bower regarding the messages and the evidence supporting their authenticity, but according to Bower’s Lawfare account, Halligan did not dispute any factual inaccuracies in the report.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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The state treasurer and the fund’s chief investment officer said in 2014 that the resulting report contained multiple inaccuracies and unsupported allegations.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Set in the English countryside, the film uses the classic plot of a lower class criminal working his way up through the hierarchy in order to extract laughs from an ensemble of eccentric aristocrats.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
28 Oct. 2025
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Thanks to an outstanding supporting voice cast that includes Jennifer Coolidge, John Cleese, Jay Leno, Eddie Izzard and Steve Buscemi, Igor is loaded with quirky characters and laughs.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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And Boise State’s defense victimized the conference’s worst offense, intercepting freshman quarterback Carter Jones three times — Jeremiah Earby had two of them — recovering two fumbles and holding the Pack to 247 total yards.—
Jim Keyser,
Idaho Statesman,
25 Oct. 2025
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After a game where everything wasn’t smooth sailing – Chicago had plenty of pre-snap penalties and Williams’ two fumbles came on botched snaps with the center – the young quarterback says these experiences are important if the team are going to continue improving.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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Jim Augerinos is a member of Travel + Leisure's A-List and specializes in honeymoon trips.—
Jim Augerinos,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Oct. 2025
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Since 2012, the Connecticut resident estimates she’s spent over $100,000 on about 80 ghostly trips.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Boners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boners. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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