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But the cast gallops right past the clichés.—
Stephen Farber,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Sep. 2025
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Ralphy leaps up in shock, tumbles off the sofa, and sprints toward his owner, who is filming nearby.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Maddie’s Secret follows Maddie, a plucky dishwasher who leaps to viral superstardom at a trendy food content creation company.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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When the Pacers shut that down, Harper immediately springs into action to get the ball instead.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Male ratfish have a structure called a tenaculum, which is essentially a retractable rod tipped with a chandelier of teeth that springs out of their forehead to grip females during mating.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
8 Oct. 2025
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Also, keep in mind that the outdoor outfitter REI usually skips the day entirely, famously staying closed for its #OptOutside campaign.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Oct. 2025
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Ina skips all that by using frozen puff pastry dough, which bakes into perfectly flaky layers that soak up the buttery brown sugar and cinnamon filling.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Oct. 2025
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As my guide Nicolas Jeanroy preps his truffle gear, which looks like a collection of garden tools, his canine partner, Taïga, bounds up.—
Aislyn Greene,
AFAR Media,
15 Oct. 2025
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And speaking of guest stars doing all of the trio’s investigative work for them, Richard Kind then bounds into the room (as Richard Kinds are wont to do) with a huge development of his own.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
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When trying to work out of Brighton’s press, Malo Gusto’s mishit pass to Jadon Sancho ends in the visitors winning the ball and creating an overload; Marc Cucurella sprints over to help and flies into his challenge, picking up a yellow card.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Once the dynamite is on the ground, Manchis immediately sprints down the stairs, towards the danger.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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The visitors passed back from the free kick and Joao Pedro initially jogs towards goal, with Anderson signalling for a team-mate to follow him, but then changes direction again.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Blazy gives Odhiang a deep hug, jogs around the runway, and flees toward the exit, smiling.—
Nathan Heller,
Vogue,
14 Oct. 2025
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Nicholas trips over a bramble, falls to his hands and knees in the soaking grass.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Unlike overlapping or hook-and-eye designs that can get tricky, the zipper makes bathroom trips much easier—an incredibly practical feature.—
Brigitt Earley,
Glamour,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Canters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canters. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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