Each character has totally justified and totally unjustified reasons for resenting one another, and the sensation of absorbing those contrasting opinions is like being in a stuck bumper car, barraged and battered from all sides.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
Checchi, in particular, barraged voters with an unrelenting flood of ads.
Although New York is the underdog playing the road schedule during the series, some analysts still believe the Knicks are the team to beat with the way New York blitzed the Eastern Conference during the playoffs.
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Scott Phillips,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
The Thunder blitzed Wembanyama with several defenders, including Isaiah Hartenstein, Chet Holmgren, Jaylin Williams and Alex Caruso.
After the police disbandment measure failed, O'Hara joined the bureaucracy of a deeply progressive city that is regularly buffeted by political battles between the mayor and the City Council, and among council members.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
28 May 2026
In just a few short months, we’ve been buffeted by the effects of tariffs, immigration actions and war, as well as the workplace disruption of artificial intelligence, both real and perceived.
But when you’re threatened with your house being bombed, with your reputation being destroyed—that’s not a comfortable environment.
—
Hanna Rosin,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
Oil prices rose around 3% after the Pentagon said the United States bombed Iranian military sites, retaliation for Tehran's shooting down of an American drone.
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