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The idea of a chic, dynamic pop culture was twinned with the self-image of phlegmatic Brits.Fintan O’Toole, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2023
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Capper struck me as phlegmatic about the power of the supermarkets.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 May 2024
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Its plot is as clever as its imagination is stolid, its subjects are as serious as its approach to them is bland.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
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Though even his private self might not be able to articulate it, this crushing cycle—strutting boy into stuck, stolid man—is what Gar’s running from.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2024
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Our first Killarney run combined the fervent greenness of the previous day with the impassive steepness of our earlier outings.Alexandra Kleeman, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
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The first 18-plus of its 22 seasons were led by Mark Harmon as Leroy Jethro Gibbs, the impassive Special Agent in Charge and boss extraordinaire who liked to build boats in his basement in his spare time.Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2024
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David Hume chimed in, two centuries later, to argue that judgments of right and wrong emanate from emotion and social conditioning, not the dispassionate application of reason.Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
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Her protagonist, Sadie Smith, is another dispassionate observer, but one who appears to have far more independence and agency than her predecessors.Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2024
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The stock market appeared indifferent, though, to the news, with the share price closing down 1.8 percent at $87.15.Kathryn Hopkins, WWD, 30 Oct. 2024
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With Fernando, something different happened: People from Mexico, Central America, South America who were totally indifferent to baseball suddenly became baseball fans to the point that the Dodgers created an incredible fan base with extraordinary economic power.Jaime Jarrín, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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The impressive property also features a long, gated driveway, a home theater, and a detached guest house and recording studio, per the listing, which was held by Branden Williams and Rayni Williams of The Beverly Hills Estates.Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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Structures include a main home, a detached guesthouse, and separate staff quarters—for a combined total of 16 bedrooms and 27 baths in 50,000 square feet.Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2024
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The New Yorker and the Times Magazine, GQ, Vogue, Esquire—all were run by aloof tyrants, typically described as legendary, who made every call before a small audience of tremulous editors.Christopher Carroll, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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In what could be Arizona's only hotel room to be haunted by an aloof, if not determined, feline, it's said that increasing debt forced the hotel owners to sell the property in 1921.Roger Naylor and Scott Craven, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
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