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As for the 300 claim, there don't appear to be any stories from the cast about a rock-in-the-underpants portion of the auditions.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Mar. 2026
As the play flounders, director Jo Bonney casts about for solutions.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
An engineer named Eiji Nakatsu cast about for a way to make the trains quiet.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
On the subject of creating the film, Deckelmeyer asked the cast about their unusual strings of accidents on set.
—Scott Huver, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Mar. 2026
As the play flounders, director Jo Bonney casts about for solutions.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
An engineer named Eiji Nakatsu cast about for a way to make the trains quiet.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
On the subject of creating the film, Deckelmeyer asked the cast about their unusual strings of accidents on set.
—Scott Huver, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
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For families This is a rather adult hotel, though parents traveling with kids should look into the apartments—the two-bedroom options all have two single beds in the smaller rooms.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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Rosie couldn’t have cared less, her eyes were looking only at Rich singing his little songs, not at the drama playing out directly in front of his stage.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
1 June 2026
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The area of the discovery, about 6 miles from Casias’ home, can be reached by a state highway, which she was seen walking along the day she was reported missing.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
1 June 2026
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After needing five pitchers in a rout over Texas State earlier in the day just to reach the regional final out of the losers’ bracket, USC coach Andy Stankiewicz rode Johnson.—
Jose de Jesus Ortiz,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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The team began sorting through possible origins for this high-energy neutrino particle by acting like cosmic forensic detectives, classifying the detection of the particle as a crime scene and hunting for potential clues that point toward a culprit.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
28 May 2026
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But this is precisely why crocodiles rarely hunt in open, on-land pursuit.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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“Cast about.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cast%20about. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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